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.

mix with new. Selene's fury mix with her mild exasperation. Her desire to tear

Ava.

the memories. But this time, the frantic energy of his wolf engulfs me, a whirlwind of recognition, joy, and

He's half feral already.

the wolf whines. Here

heart. I want to reach out, to comfort him, but I

it with her as

it isn't as

a sort of madness in him.

heed her advice, but it's like navigating through a storm with my eyes closed. The wolf's emotions buffet me from all sides, each one a vivid burst of sensation.

then, suddenly, I hit

a physical barrier—nothing is truly physical in this mental landscape—but it might 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 like trying to push through solid stone

me. I'd almost forgotten about him in the intensity of the experience. This

through the bond. All you need

strange to suddenly fixate on how

Ava. Selene's words are calm,

in this place of pure sensation. There are no visual cues to ground me, no physical sensations to anchor me to reality. Just emotions, energy, and

familiar warmth, but it's not there. It just doesn't

I say, frustration building. "I can't

speaking, but is it coming from

I can't tell.

it might be in

looking for it in

Ava, Selene's voice cuts through the

take a deep breath—or at least, I imagine I do. Her words anchor me,

love for Lucas. That's mine. Undeniably, irrevocably

fill me up. The warmth of his smile, the strength in his arms, the way his eyes light

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