Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 283

Chapter 283 Ava: Create Contact

I slam my hand on the table, frustration boiling over. "What's the point of all this magical training if I can't even activate a simple orb?"

The communication ball sits there, mocking me with its inert silence. I've tried everything I can think of—touching it, willing it to work, even whispering different incantations I can barely remember. I'm not even sure what most of them are for.

Nothing.

Vanessa places a gentle hand on my shoulder. "Ava, we weren't expecting your connection to magic to be cut off so suddenly. Your training was brief."

"I know, I know." Running a hand through my hair, I blow out a long sigh. "I just wish I'd started earlier. Maybe things would be easier now."

If only I'd known then what I know now. But hindsight's always perfect, isn't it?

Dr. Blackwell clears his throat, drawing my attention. He's holding something in his wrinkled hand—a bracelet, but not like the chunky white one on Lisa's wrist. This one's a delicate silver chain, adorned with stars and moon phases.

"This might help," he says, offering it to me.

The metal is cool against my skin, but there's a familiar energy to it. Something I've long ago associated with magic within an item. "How?"

He shrugs, his eyes twinkling. "I don't know. It's an artifact, made for a witch long ago."

Long ago? That's shocking. "But it looks so... modern."

"Appearances can be deceiving," Dr. Blackwell says with a wink. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small obsidian disc. "This is a wardstone. This will create a ten-foot radius where no one can hear what's being said. One of our most requested items.

Just infuse it with magic, or use the incantation. Just be warned, the silence activates after the incantation."

So basically—don't use the incantation if you don't want your enemies to know what you're doing. Got it.

"What's the incantation?" There's nothing about the stone that hints at its magical properties. Not even a buzz against my skin. It's just a rock as far as I can tell.

moon's grace and stardust bright, silence falls, veiling

palm, magical energy seeping out of

Fascinating.

Magister Orion use. They're usually one or two words. Not a poem. "I'm going to have

asks curiously, reaching out to touch the stone. She doesn't seem to feel the magic emanating from it at

activate if the requirements are met. To deactivate it, the incantation is, 'By dawn's first

disappears at

about any

his bushy eyebrows shooting up. "That is a point to

at the item in my hand, I'm

heart hurts. The bond

I take a break for a few hours and get a little rest?" I'd love to visit Lucas after, but—well. That's for tomorrow, I

Vanessa are up to date, and Dr. Blackwell is well aware

that? I guess it's to keep the pack feeling secure since their alpha

an arm at the general

to process." His lips quirk,

"Yeah. Pretty much."

can figure out, magic-wise, while we wait

is to avoid any

a temporary measure; an absent alpha can be challenged,

Luna. I've got

* * *

Lisa whispers, "is the coolest fucking

between us,

extent of what I've learned." My wry tone

what you've learned just because it

It doesn't

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