Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 317

Chapter 317 Ava: Mindscape

Diving into my bond with Selene is like falling into warm clouds. It's an odd feeling to enter a mental space, but she draws me in naturally, her expertise in this space far outstripping mind.

It's as if my body is separate now, almost a distant memory.

I can't feel the air on my skin. Can't feel the ground I'm sitting on. Even the weight of Selene's body against mine is gone.

There's no smell here.

It isn't even accurate to describe this place as darkness.

It's just—void.

This isn't a place of physical senses, but something else. An energy of the mind, with its own current that ebbs and flows.

As I sink deeper, initial comfort gives way to a maelstrom of emotions so intense, so raw, that I nearly lose myself in them. It's as if I'm drowning in a sea of feelings that aren't entirely my own, yet resonate within me on a primal level.

I want to rage at the fleeting memory of my mate rejecting our fate.

I want to cry as I die alone, the last of my pack.

I'm suffused in wonder as my eyes open to a new life.

Panic. Longing. Frustration. Love. They crash over me, intense and impossible to control, coming and going in such fleeting moments that I can't hold my own.

As soon as I recognize a memory as not mine, it's gone, replaced by another that drowns me in how real it feels.

Focus, Ava, Selene's calm voice cuts through the chaos. Let me guide you. Focus on the bond between us. You're drowning in my memories.

The bond between us has a sort of glow that doesn't exist in the real world. Something I can see with my mind's eye, despite there being nothing here.

She steers me through the tumultuous sea. Gradually, I begin to discern a pattern in the chaos, a rhythm that pulses with a familiar energy.

His wolf.

fury mix with her mild exasperation. Her desire to tear out his throat has

Ava.

recognition, joy, and desperate frustration. He knows me. He sees me as his mate, his other half. But there's an underlying

He's half feral already.

the wolf whines. Here but not here.

that simple question breaks my heart. I want to reach out,

yanks at my mind, dragging it

it

reunited has incited a

storm with my eyes closed. The wolf's emotions buffet me from all sides, each one a vivid burst of sensation. His frustration at being separated from Lucas is so

I hit

as well be. One moment I'm swimming through a sea of emotions, and the next, I'm brought to an abrupt halt. It's

in my mind, startling me. I'd almost forgotten about him in the intensity of the experience. This is the barrier we need to

you need to do is weaken this place. Selene and his wolf will do the

strange to suddenly fixate on

now, Ava. Selene's words

visual cues to ground me,

summon that familiar warmth, but it's not there.

can't," I say, frustration building. "I can't find it. It's not... it's

but is it coming from

I can't tell.

think it might be in my

just looking for it in the wrong way. It's in your

feelings, Ava, Selene's voice cuts through the

I do. Her words anchor me, giving me

love for Lucas. That's

the way his eyes light up when he looks at me. Even with his memories gone, there's still that spark between us. That connection that defies

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