Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 263

Chapter 263 Ava: The Compound

My heart thumps hard, trying its best to knock my ribs out of place with excitement. "Is everyone okay? What's going on?"

Vanessa's eyes unfocus as she communicates with her mate. Waiting is like being bitten by a squad of fire ants, each prickle against my skin beginning to burn as I squirm, impatient for answers.

"He doesn't want to give any answers until we see him, but he said things are stable." There's an uncertain waver in her voice, but I keep quiet as she speaks with Vester, feeling my own unease building.

Stable.

That could mean a lot of things, and they aren't all good.

Marcus stiffens beside me and I glance out the window, expecting to see something on the road.

Nothing.

"There's a few scouts nearby," he says after a long pause. "Vanessa, you sense them?"

"Three," she confirms. "I'm not familiar with them, but I recognize them."

"We're about ten minutes out. We'll run into a few more waves of scouts, staggered so they can stay in contact." He glances at me. "Like a telephone relay."

"Ten minutes?!" Vanessa frowns. "Vester should have been able to reach me a long time ago."

"I should be able to reach the alpha," Marcus agrees. "But I can't."

"Something's wrong." The healer's look of relief is once again replaced by worry. "This isn't right."

"The area's safe, so just relax until we get there. Someone should be able to give us proper answers then."

I hope he's right.

* * *

"Shit. Hold on!"

on the brakes. Gravel crunches under the tires, and I barely catch myself

her body sliding across

heart races as we careen onto a narrow road I hadn't even noticed. The sudden turn sends a jolt of adrenaline through

out the seatbelts?" I mutter, rubbing my elbow where it

against the truck's exterior. It's a small forest here, much more densely

seems like an eternity of bumps and swerves, the forest gives way to a clearing. My breath catches as I take in the sight before us. A cluster of

the picturesque setting that

Instead, a group of wolves emerges to meet us,

Westwood I know. This is a

can fully engage the parking brake. My eyes scan

spot him,

questions tumbling from my lips before I can even catch my breath. "Where's Lucas? Is he okay? What

He holds up a hand, silencing my barrage of questions. "Ava, there's a

"But

to be in a hospital, but none of these cottages scream hospital to me. And unlike the Fae Ward, I doubt there's magic here that turns a cozy cottage into a

to reassure me. "And he's... stable.

begin to cover the chaos we've been

wolf—it takes me a while to recognize Ryder, one of Lucas' deltas—embraces Vanessa. The

noticing the absence of Vanessa's mate among the

towards a small cabin set apart from the others. It looks more like a guard

Ryder. The separation makes my skin prickle, and I scratch

been with me for so long. Being without them is

we approach the cabin's door. "Why all

you to understand that

"Protect us from what?"

weight of responsibility in them is staggering. "From forces that

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