Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 289

Chapter 289 Ava: Who He Is

The way Lucas watches me is terrifying.

Terrifying, because there's finally interest in his gaze.

I don't want to hold hope, because every time I have even the glimmer of it, he says something that crushes my heart. The way he doesn't even recognize our fated bond kills me. It's yearning, aching in my chest, wanting me to go to him. To claim him. To shake and scream until he remembers all the pain and all the joy between us.

Instead, I sit there, scratching more vigorously at my arms, and the string inside of me tugs harder, as if trying to get my attention. I ignore it.

"Your scent."

Glancing at Lucas, who stops talking mid-sentence, I sniff discreetly in the direction of my armpits. Did I forget to scrub? He keeps talking about my smell.

"Do I stink that bad?"

"It's getting stronger," he confirms, his voice husky.

Maybe this is his way of getting me to leave again. "Do you want me to go?"

"No."

Oh. Never mind, then.

My heart dances at that denial, though, raising hope high on a flag pole and waving it at the walls I've tried desperately to construct around my heart.

eyes never leave me. They're golden and intense, different from the way he

finally recognizing the

That would be great.

amber and campfire smoke, fills my senses, and I'm transported back to Cedarwood. Back to when he'd found

in Cedarwood, far from here," I say softly, my eyes meeting his. "After the Gala. I wanted nothing to do with you, but you stuck around anyway. You were

into my apartment while I was

furrows slightly, but he remains

my voice barely above a whisper. "And awkward too. It's

tightens as I recall darker times. "You saved me from my family, Lucas.

everything he's been through because of me, settles heavy on my

voice cracking slightly. "I can't even begin to understand how you can be so strong, so secure in your love, especially after... after all the

golden gaze

stranger.

them. "You were always there, waiting for me to turn to

heart pounding in my chest. Lucas grunts, a low sound that reverberates through the quiet room, but I have no idea what

* * *

"How'd it go?"

as soon as I walk through the door, her eyes shining with

couch, my body shivering at the memory of his eyes burning into me. "I don't know. Every so often, I think he's getting a hint of the bond. Then he says something so casual that

hands me a plate with half a tuna sandwich and a pitiful handful of chips. I raise an eyebrow at her, and she flashes

sure when you'd come home, so I

but our home isn't ours

lunch, my appetite suddenly gone.

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