Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 299 Ava: Lucas is Alone

Lucas watches us both, calm despite only hearing one half of our conversation.

Grabbing his hand, I give a gentle squeeze to show I'm still paying attention to his presence.

"Do you know how?"

Selene's idea is a tall order. It isn't like amnesia has some sort of cure.

The dhampir has an idea. We can talk to her about it.

Wow. I'd forgotten about Sister Miriam entirely. Between Lucas and now Selene's return…

My thoughts are interrupted when Selene suddenly darts out of her comfortable position to shove her nose into my chest, sniffing intensely.

Showing mild irritation, Lucas grabs her by the scuff and yanks her away. To my surprise, Selene merely slinks low in submission as her ears tilt in my direction, blue eyes hard and suspicious. What's that scent?

Slapping my hand over the new mate mark, right next to my crescent scar, I ask defensively, "What scent?"

Lucas sniffs at me. "You smell fine to me."

There's something new, she insists, pawing at my leg. What is it? What did you get into?

"I didn't get into—"

The string near my magic tugs, and I pause. "Oh. Maybe it's that."

"What?" Lucas nuzzles into my neck, brushing his lips against the raw skin of my mate mark. "Is something wrong?"

"No. Selene can just sense something I almost forgot about." Sorry, Grimoire. "Actually, I—"

The string yanks again, almost painful in its insistence, and I pause. This isn't a safe place to mention him. "I'll tell you both later." Where it's safe, I add silently to Selene, wishing Lucas could hear me. Wait. Shouldn't he be able to…?

answering my question. I guess he can't hear me. I'll have to ask Vanessa. Is it because

the place I'm staying, I guess. Is there

He shakes his head.

when they discharge you and I

me now, Selene

me focus on Lucas

her head

and he changes the subject. "The doctors say everything's fine. Aside from waiting on the results of a few of their tests, I think I should be

word home has my stomach flip-flopping. We've

it isn't exactly the same. Especially with one

our time as mates has been spent

seems stable-ish. We're all in hiding due to the new-found apocalypse. As dire and terrible as it is, maybe it'll finally afford

linings and storm clouds, I

into his embrace. The warmth of his

last heat,

The mark helps.

That would make sense. Lucas' body seems to

fur against my leg. I crack open

shifting to accommodate her bulk. "It's just like

wave of indignation through our bond. I am not some common canine, she

His hand reaches down to scratch behind Selene's ears, and her eyes close in

soft and tinged with affection. "Selene's the only reason I've stayed sane in this

Still, she maintains her air of nonchalance, as if Lucas's words mean nothing to her. But I know better. I can feel the depth

at the complexity of our situation. My wolf, my mate, and me—all tangled together. Only his

in my head

I bet.

other," I say softly, meaning every word. The thought of Lucas alone in this sterile room, cut off from his memories

to look after him,