Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 265

Chapter 265 Ava: The Receptionist

It isn't until we're walking that I realize still I don't hear Selene in my head. Her presence hasn't filled its space.

I was so focused on Lucas that I forgot my own damn wolf. That's terrifying, in a way.

"Didn't you say Selene's here?"

"She was." He glances at me in the dim moonlight. "She's been coming and going a lot. Can't you talk to her?" He appears confused; I guess no one's specifically told him that Selene and I can't contact each other over long distances.

"No."

"Oh." He's quiet as he processes that. "So you just… can't talk to your wolf?"

I shrug. "She's her own person. I guess it's because she isn't in my body."

Kellan makes an odd sort of noise in his throat. I glance at him in concern. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," he says, shaking his head. "Your bond with Selene is just strange. Communication isn't equal among wolves—some can have full conversations, some don't—but you're another level."

Ah. Yeah, it is weird. It's become such a normal part of my life, though. "Yeah." To me, it's strange to think someone has a wolf and can't talk to them.

"How did you know to come here if you don't speak with Selene?" Kellan asks.

The golden stranger's strange friendliness and otherworldly presence flash through my mind. I open my mouth, ready to explain about Acarus again, figuring he'd forgotten the brief conversation from earlier.

have

who it is or if they're still

the last word. I meet Kellan's eyes, willing him to understand the

He faces forward, but I can still see the hint of a

every face I've seen since arriving. Which

the

thought that someone close to Lucas is working

My stomach churns.

* * *

leads me to a simple building. It's a long building with blacked out

inside. It's like walking into another world—sterile, bright, and utterly unlike

It's a modern hospital.

blinking rapidly, trying to adjust

several doors, all closed. The familiar smell of antiseptic has my

Only' stand beyond it, showing the faint shadowy outline of people as they walk past. Even this late at night, it's good to know

real hospital?" I ask Kellan in a hushed

a long time." He taps at my

looks up as we approach, a warm smile spreading across her face. "Beta Ashbourne," she greets Kellan, her voice

my lower back, guiding me forward. "Actually, yes. I've brought

eyes flick to me, and in an instant, her demeanor changes. The warmth vanishes, replaced by a cool professionalism that borders on frigid. "I see," she says, her tone clipped. "I'm afraid visiting

reach. I want to scream, to demand entry, to use whatever authority being his mate grants

be unethical.

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