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."

My gaze drifts to Aurum, curled up beneath the dining table, and I can't help

him again?" I

don't see him as easily when they open

by her logic. "Why didn't you just have

ears flick, but she gives no other response. It's clear she did it just to exercise her power over Aurum. "You should enjoy this while you

against her

an idea. He's

thought," I tell him, heading to the kitchen to fetch Lisa a cup of water. When I return, Grimoire has transformed into his child-sized form, perched

down from there," I say absently, handing Lisa the

the table to float an

take all this magic so easily," she marvels. "Like

only shrug as I

shakes her head. "I

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.

lean forward, intrigued.

found—" he begins, but Lisa cuts

book research?" she asks, genuine curiosity

have been written in my pages that I haven't paid attention to when I was

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

I 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

in, settling beside Lisa on the couch. He wraps an arm around her, and

how she's reacting

"These wards can keep us safe, acting as a natural repellant against those who wish

up at this. "Are

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

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