Chapter 298 Ava: His Wolf

Sister Miriam doesn't accompany Selene—thank God, because while I convinced Lucas to get dressed, the room smells like sex and pheromones.

The heat beneath my skin has dissipated, though. I'm not sure if that's normal, or if there's worse to come. Either way, with my neck marked by Lucas, at least I'm no longer a danger to the other shifters. My pheromones should only affect my mate now.

The relief from that knowledge has my shoulders so much lighter; I hadn't realized how stressed the thought of heat made me all this time.

Seeing Selene's silver husky form slip through the door, my heart is full near to bursting. Her presence in my mind is great, but her physical presence eases something inside of me.

Selene's lost a little weight. The pristine white of her fur is dulled with what seems to be flecks of dried mud. But her bright blue eyes are sparkling with joy as she bounds forward, vaulting into the bed to roll and wiggle her body against the both of us.

It's my first time seeing her give Lucas affection, but he doesn't seem surprised at all, even lifting his hand to rub her ears and give her a sweet little hug.

What happened between them when I was gone?

He's not so bad when you get to know him.

Selene's nonchalant words has my eyes narrowing. Not so bad? Get to know him?

"Who are you, and what did you do with my wolf?"

Don't be impertinent. Selene snorts in my direction, wiggling further into Lucas' lap and headbutting him until he scratches behind her ears. He gives good ear scratches. You should ask for some.

Yeah, I'll get right on that.

Well, I suppose you have other things you'd prefer he scratch.

"Selene!"

She sneezes in my direction, tail thumping as Lucas rubs across her fur with vigorous affection, looking for all the world like the queen of huskies accepting the attention that's her due.

"When did you guys start getting along so well?" Not sure if I'm jealous or not, I watch Lucas with a distinctly sulky feeling. I want them to get along—I do—but Selene's my wolf, isn't she?

"Did we not get along well before?" Lucas seems surprised as Selene licks his hand, flicking her ear at me.

"She hated you."

"Well, she likes me now."

The distinctly smug feeling emanating from Selene feels almost like a challenge.

him alive for you, you

at Selene until she's half off his lap. "Thanks, Selene.

a wolf and her

mate? He's

Our mate.

"Still mine, though."

her teeth

arm around my back, stroking my hip in a familiar manner that has my heart filling with

arguing over whose mate

by that one.

"Exactly."

him with cold blue eyes, her tail no longer thumping

And mine.

one-eighty on your reaction to him." Reaching out to pet Selene, I'm not

I changed my mind.

High praise, indeed.

He's weak. He can't break through the barrier

words have me straightening in Lucas' arms, putting aside our childish banter for a moment. "Is that why Lucas

mind. It's blocked out his memories, but also his

How do you

me. I couldn't hear him before, but the bond between us— and she sounds oddly disgusted at that, considering how affectionate she now is with Lucas —makes it so he can reach

head. I need to tackle them one at

I asked you a long time ago what your problem with Lucas is. I think it's about

Ugh.

like a teenager being

I do not.

"You do, kind of."

groans, resting her head on Lucas' knee.

the lie

credit, stays quiet,

is a presence familiar to me, Selene finally admits, sounding as if I'm dragging the words out of her. I knew him

Selene once lived long ago and retains some of those memories. How long has it been since she's talked about it? Since the massacre, when

didn't have all the memories she thought she did. And

something else to think

stay quiet, sensing that

wolf, Selene admits, sounding rather sour. He rejected the bond

thought of Lucas mating

another

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