Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 329

Chapter 329 Ava: Security

A beat-up red sedan rolls to a stop. Then the passenger door flies open, and Lisa dashes out.

"Ava!"

I meet her halfway, throwing my arms around her and pulling her close. She's clammy with sweat, and her hands shake where they rest against my back.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she says, trying to sound breezy and nonchalant even as her voice shakes. "Just glad to get out of the car."

Over Lisa's shoulder, I see Kellan emerge from the driver's side. He looks grim, with a tight-lipped expression of concentration. He nods at me before turning to the back of the car, where the Grand Sage and Elverly are.

"Come on," I say, tugging gently on Lisa's arm. "Let's get inside. We can talk there."

As we walk, Lisa fills me in on their harrowing escape. Her words are rushed, stumbling over each other, a vivid picture of her fear, even as she throws a few jokes in to lighten the mood.

"Kellan floored it before they reached us, but we left some of them behind."

"I know. We're still waiting to hear from them."

Lisa's shoulders droop. "I hope they're okay. If they got hurt because we went there…"

"Hush. It isn't your fault. Missions are always filled with risk. Now we know someone's out looking for us—or at least people like us—and we can plan accordingly."

I don't recognize the guards outside my cabin today, but they incline their heads, one of them opening the door when Lisa and I get close.

"Thank you."

"Of course, Luna."

gaze drifts to Aurum, curled up beneath the dining table, and I

you bully him again?" I ask my

No. It's so people don't see him as easily

logic. "Why didn't you just have him

to exercise her power over Aurum. "You should enjoy this while you can, because I don't think this is always going to be how it is

head against her tail, blatantly ignoring

enters my head. I have an idea. He's resting

thought," I tell him, heading to the kitchen to fetch Lisa a cup of water. When I return, Grimoire has

I say absently, handing

the table to float an inch

all this magic so easily," she marvels.

randomly in midair is definitely an odd sight, but I can only shrug as I settle into a nearby chair. "I guess I've

shakes her head. "I don't think I

If it wasn't for his bizarre coloring and overall ethereal attributes—plus the tiny bits of flame flickering along his skin—he'd truly look like a happy kid. "I have a great idea, both for your magical practice and for the pack. We should create

forward, intrigued. "Go

found—" he begins,

she asks, genuine

that I haven't paid attention to when I was locked

encounter. He was there for a while, locked away with the magic of that strange forest, in the world that isn't here. That weird place in my head,

was saying, while researching, I learned that most pack lands were not chosen by wolves. They took advantage of already existing security wards, created hundreds of years ago

in, settling beside Lisa on the couch. He wraps an arm around her, and she leans into him naturally. They're comfortable together, despite the earlier tension in

wonder if Lisa's noticed how she's reacting to

voice pulls me back to the conversation. "These wards can keep us safe, acting as a natural repellant

this. "Are we talking

knowledge on the subject. "How much do you know about

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