Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 237

Chapter 237 Ava: Wrung Dry

By the time we exit the training room, Vanessa and Marcus have to hold me up to walk in a straight line.

It isn't the type of exhaustion where my muscles are sore and stretched and tired after running or doing a thousand squats. It's more like the energy in my body has bled away, leaving me so weak that my muscles can no longer function properly.

When exercising, you can kind of feel good about your exertion. The pain and exhaustion comes with a sense of accomplishment.

This?

It just feels like I'm a wet dish rag wrung out one too many times.

The water's gone, and now I'm going to float away on the next strong breeze.

Ava! Where did you go?

Selene's panic is so explosive in my head that my legs buckle, even with the support of two shifters.

Long story. Training room. Magic place. My body's dead. Training sucks.

Even in my head, I can only speak in short sentences. It feels fuzzy and also like something's slamming into it with a sledgehammer, fueled by the rage of a thousand flying monkeys.

Not sure where the flying monkeys came from, but I'm just going to go with it.

Are you okay? she asks, and the warmth and care from her side of the bond also seems to infuse me with a little bit of extra energy.

me feel a little better. Like having a parent who's panicked after they wake up in the middle of the night to see their child gone;

Magister Orion says, peering at my face. "Does

jerks up. "What?

I'm sorry. You just looked so

looks like that,"

nods, despite

wishing I had the strength to shove the

ass. They're way too comfortable making fun

unique, indeed. If I had the time, I'd love to pick it apart. Especially you, Ava Grey, to have a wolf outside of your body, like

feel like he's going to slice me open and look at me under a microscope, Selene says, and I can feel her internal shudder from

interest, because she interrupts him to ask, "Why do you call her by her full name? You almost always call her 'Ava

don't have a first and last name as you humans do, you see. We do have

I ask with a frown, as Vanessa and Marcus help settle me into a chair. With a wave of his hand, Magister Orion manifests into creation several plates

used to in our world; for example, their steaks might be from a giant carnivorous beast that they hunt,

and—most importantly—have no magic in them

still not certain on the allegiances of

give her a smile when she catches my eye. Everything on the table is food I've

realizes how exhausted I

my question. "Your identity is not defined by your family. Even when one is disowned, they remain true to their own

There's no way he's talking about my family dynamics, but I still

question makes

to our family," I murmur, feeling my heart

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