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.

might have a

hits me like a sudden downpour, and I snap my mouth shut. We don't know who it is or if they're still here in this compound. Every word we

later," I say instead, putting heavy emphasis on the last

forward, but I can still see the hint of a smile tugging at

every face I've seen since arriving. Which is only

could the traitor

someone close to Lucas is working

My stomach churns.

* * *

long building with blacked out windows, looking desolate in

we step inside. It's like walking into another

It's a modern hospital.

myself blinking rapidly, trying to adjust

lit hallway stretches to the side, with several doors, all closed. The familiar smell

beyond it, showing the faint shadowy outline of people as they walk past. Even

hospital?" I ask Kellan

at my shoulder, nudging me to follow

warm smile spreading across her face. "Beta Ashbourne," she greets Kellan, her voice syrupy sweet. "Alpha

forward.

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

yet still out of reach. I want to scream, to demand entry, to use whatever authority being his mate grants me,

would be unethical.

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