Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 313

Chapter 313 Ava: What Do You Think I Should Do?

Grimoire's presence inside of me is unfazed after his revelations from the morning. I swear his book form even looks cheerful, sitting there on the table.

You seem worried, Selene says, sounding distracted.

"I am. I still don't agree with Grimoire."

About the summoning?

"Yes. Wouldn't you know if you were summoned?"

I suppose. Selene goes quiet for a bit, before asking, How does Lucas feel about it?

Lucas.

He's standing by the window, watching the light rain drizzle across our world. The soft patter of droplets on glass is the only sound outside of my voice. Sister Miriam and Vester left a while ago, leaving us to contemplate our next move. Lucas hasn't spoken since they departed, his thoughts as opaque as the cloudy sky outside.

"I don't know."

He seems ambivalent to the idea of summoning his wolf, but I can't blame him.

After dropping the bomb of Selene's alleged summoning—though she denies it—he did mention the possible negatives.

While Lucas would not lose his sense of self, he might lose his wolf. Like me, he would exist as a human. But unlike me, he wouldn't have magic to bridge that supernatural gap.

No healing. No strength. What would happen if he were challenged then?

Is it any better than now?

His wolf would be strong, but can an Alpha survive without his internal wolf? Would the pack accept that?

pressing my cheek against the broad expanse of his back. The steady thump of his heart

in

mine where they rest on his stomach. His touch is warm, familiar, and yet so

his scent fills my lungs, surrounding me in

do?" His voice breaks the silence, low and rumbling. I can feel the vibration of his words

options before us are all shit, covered in more shit,

the state of the

weren't for

have

be forced into

as I've learned so many times, life

admit softly. "There's so much

mine. "Tell me

all the weight of the

you would feel as if you were living

it feels to be

any normal shifter has with their wolf. Distance can create emptiness within our bond. And—scariest of

die, and I'll

would mean for you as Alpha. Would the pack accept

but I can

him. "And selfishly, I miss you. The you who

in my arms, his golden eyes searching my face. "I feel that connection with you," he says softly. "Even without the memories, there's something right about being with you. It's here." He taps his chest, then mine. "Something inside of me is so

"I feel it too," I

hands, his touch gentle. "But this isn't just about us. I have a responsibility to the

leaning into

are not one body? Selene asks, still

imagine not being able

is the same for

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