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!"

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

body sliding

a jolt of adrenaline through my system, momentarily distracting me from

mutter, rubbing

side, branches scraping against the truck's exterior. It's a small forest here, much more densely wooded than the places we've passed on our

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 cabins nestles against rolling hills, the structures weathered but sturdy. A

setting that captures my

community? Instead, a group of wolves emerges to meet us, their expressions

I know. This

stop, and I'm out the door before Marcus can fully engage the parking brake.

I spot him, broad-shouldered

towards him, questions tumbling from my lips before I can even catch my breath. "Where's Lucas? Is

shows the strain of recent days. He holds up a hand, silencing my barrage of questions. "Ava, there's a lot we need to discuss before I can take you

stomach drops. "But

scream hospital to me. And unlike the Fae Ward, I doubt there's magic

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

cover the chaos we've been through. I need to see Lucas, to touch him, to know he's really

of Lucas' deltas—embraces Vanessa. The reunion of brother and

Vester?" I ask, noticing the absence of Vanessa's mate among the

small cabin set apart from

a different direction by Ryder. The separation makes my skin

so long. Being without them

demand as we approach the cabin's

the doorknob. "Ava, I need you to understand that everything we're

"Protect us from what?"

of responsibility in them is staggering. "From forces that want to tear us apart. Both

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