Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 324

Chapter 324 Ava: Luna's First Trial (III)

The main lodge is a humble log cabin with an open layout that somehow manages to feel both spacious and cozy. Exposed wooden beams stretch across the ceiling, and a massive stone fireplace dominates one wall. The furniture is simple but sturdy—all handcrafted, I'd bet.

There's a raised platform where I stand, and plenty of space for people to stand.

There are no rooms. No kitchens. I think they even said there isn't a bathroom.

I tug at the hem of my black shirt, which hangs a bit loose on my frame. The jeans I'm wearing are slightly too big as well, but they're the best I could find on short notice. My hair is pulled back in a simple ponytail, practical if not particularly stylish.

Not glamorous. Not intimidating. The best I managed to aim for is clean and presentable. Hopefully it's enough.

My fingers tap an anxious rhythm against my thighs as I watch shifters file into the room.

Calm down, Selene's voice echoes in my mind. You're radiating anxiety. They can pick up on it.

They can probably smell it.

Yes.

Ugh.

Straightening my shoulders a little further, I clasp my hands behind my back, trying to look confident and no-nonsense. Like I'm a leader, and not someone just fumbling around in this Luna role. Damn it. I want an instruction book.

No such thing, Grimoire says cheerfully. You'll have to make it up as you go along.

I liked it better when he was a book who couldn't talk to me at will.

That's cruel.

But honest.

me, ears pricked forward as she watches more wolves

all

of jealousy shoots through me. "I can't hear it,"

impossible for you to hear, Selene replies, sounding thoughtful. I have

my mind. I agree. We'll work on that, little

where I can communicate with other wolves, is a

long ago gave up on it,

into the lodge, some sporting fading

The moment of

moment I try

feel. Vester steps forward, his

lack of a better word—are laid

the lodge as he lists the charges. "Unprovoked aggression, destruction of pack property, and

I know everyone's a victim. I keep my face carefully neutral, but a bead

jaw, steps forward. Vester addresses him

bastard Will's been running his mouth, saying our Alpha's gone soft. That we're weak now." His fists clench at his sides. "I couldn't let that

go through the crowd. People are standing a little straighter, listening a little more

It's a hot topic.

his face unreadable.

shoulders drooped in shame. "I apologize, Luna. I don't know what came over me. My friends can tell you, I only drank one beer. We're all

even though I didn't know.

night. I don't know what came over

nods and moves to

by one, their stories unfold, each eerily similar to the last. The words blur together, a

out of

drunk, but I'd barely

a fight, and I don't

my senses, I couldn't

my thoughts. "Luna Ava,

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