Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 275

Chapter 275 Ava: Visitors

"Ava."

My head feels like it weighs a million pounds. My ears feel stuffed and woolly. And Kellan's hands dragging me to my feet are like burning embers pressed against my skin.

"What?"

"You passed out."

Staring at him blankly, it takes a while for my brain to catch up to his words. "Oh. Shit." I guess that's one way to deal with stress; just let your body shut down.

Don't really recommend it.

Kellan doesn't ask questions about my visit with Lucas, just escorts me back to the cottage and makes sure I'm taken care of. Brings lunch I don't want to eat and promises to check on me in another hour or two.

Of course, lunch is out of the question. My stomach's too queasy for that. And until Sister Miriam and Selene return, I don't have a great way to get information on what happened to Lucas' wolf. I'm definitely not going to tell people he doesn't have one; the pack needs stability, not another blow.

I'm not even sure Kellan knows.

The thought that Lucas may have trusted me with a little secret buoys my depressed spirits by a millimeter or two.

Maybe, even if he can't feel it, there's a part of him wanting to trust me. Knowing I'm his mate.

Even if he doesn't want to see me for the rest of the day.

Fuck.

express mail with cash on delivery. Now it's my turn to wait and trust and

hours, but I can't shake the depression clinging to

angry red, as if I can wash away the memory of Lucas staring at

It doesn't work.

the clothes I was just wearing—they're still clean—I flop

a few hours to reset my brain and maybe wake up and find this

spots on the pillow, leaving them for me to discover as I flop from left

tightly I screw my eyes shut, sleep doesn't come. Instead, there's a constant replay in my mind, of every moment of my encounter with Lucas. The confusion in

I flip from side to side. Minutes stretch into what feels like hours. My eyes

at the door startles me from my restless attempt at sleep. Before I can respond, the door creaks

Vanessa's gentle voice

practically flying across the room and into her

hadn't realized how desperately I needed human contact until this moment. The solitude of the past few hours weighs on me,

murmurs, rubbing soothing circles

wiping at my eyes. "Sorry, I just... it's been a

grim as she asks, "How are

my voice barely above

side before meeting mine again. "About Alpha,

holding

to the windows. Her voice rises slightly as she says, "I'm

until she pulls a small notebook from her pocket. She scribbles something quickly, then turns it so I

There might even be

down crying out of

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