Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 311

Chapter 311 Lisa: Would a Watch Work?

LISA

"You've gotten fat," Elverly greets me, in that traditionally hateful way of hers.

Does the fact that I missed her toxic tongue mark me as abnormal? Probably. But I hug her anyway, smiling when her body doesn't tense, even as she grumbles at me for touching her without permission.

"I'll ask next time. How have you been?"

Elverly's snort could mean anything really, but I choose to interpret it as I've missed you too.

Maybe I'm psychotic. Or delusional. But I'm pretty sure that's what she means.

"Their food is terrible," she mutters. "Not a cook among them."

"They are refugees from war," says the Grand Sage, sounding rather resigned. "It isn't as though they would gather the kitchen before escaping."

"Food is important," the old gnome woman snaps. "Eating well is an important part of recovery."

"Yes, yes."

I can't help but smile as I watch the Grand Sage and Elverly bicker. Their dynamic reminds me of an old married couple, though I'd never dare say that out loud. Elverly might actually bite my head off if I did.

Lisa," the Grand Sage says, turning to

for

always important to step away from new mates. Wolves don't have the same deep-seated

implication. Desperate to change the subject, I nod towards the

on? Looks like

"Indeed it is. I'm developing a communication device. Something smaller and more portable than what

genuinely

is a weak point for us right now, and I'm trying to address that.

have access to the latest tech or endless

continues, "it needs to

you

in our camp can utilize or sense magic. We need a device that anyone can use, regardless of

"Right. Gnomes can't use

"We gnomes have always

that work with werewolves? I

his eyes lighting up. "Werewolves do indeed have a form of innate magic that allows them to shift. But that doesn't necessarily translate to an ability to manipulate other forms of magic. It's a bit like how some humans might have extraordinary physical abilities but no talent for, say, mathematics. They

let's get back to

full of symbols I don't understand and diagrams that make my head spin. "So,

pencil again, tapping it against the paper. "The basic principle is to create a network of energy that can carry messages across distances. Think of it like your human radio waves,

"Magic," I supply.

would be charged with magical energy, but using it wouldn't require any magical ability from the

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