Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 340

Chapter 340 Ava: Reunited Mates

A shimmer in the air draws my attention back to Aurum. His massive form begins to shrink and change, fur giving way to skin, until Lucas stands before me in his human form.

I don't remember deciding to move, but suddenly I'm running towards him. We collide in a tangle of limbs, holding each other so tightly it's hard to breathe. But I don't care. He's here, he's back, and nothing else matters.

"You're back," I whisper into his chest, my voice thick with emotion. "God, Lucas, you're really back."

His arms tighten around me, and I feel his lips press against the top of my head. "Thanks to you," he murmurs. "You took care of everyone. Thank you, Ava."

I pull back slightly, looking up into his face. His eyes are the same, filled with warmth and love, but there's something else there now—a depth, a wildness that wasn't there before. It's breathtaking and a little terrifying.

My gaze drifts back to the bodies laid out nearby, and a wave of guilt washes over me. "I couldn't save them all," I say, my voice barely audible. "I tried, but I—"

Lucas cuts me off, pulling me back into his embrace. "You did everything you could," he says firmly. "More than anyone could have expected. You protected our pack, Ava. You led them when I couldn't."

Kellan and Vester approach, also covered in blood, with a bleak look on their faces.

I know they need to speak with him, to update him on everything that's happened. And I have somewhere I need to be, too.

This isn't the time for our reunion.

He's Alpha.

I'm Luna.

We have jobs to do.

Lucas's embrace. "They need you. I

a moment before he turns to his beta and delta. As they begin to speak in

entire body stained with blood and dirt. She moves from patient to patient

treated herself at all, running

glances up at me, her eyes tight with stress. "Luna," she says, her voice clipped. "Good, we need all the help we can get. The evacuees are on their way back, but

I get it. A sprained

* * *

to another, my hands shaking but determined. I've

need more gauze over here!" someone

nearly colliding with a familiar face. It's the human receptionist from my first day at Wolf's Landing, her eyes

Luna," she says, her tone respectful as she hands

to dwell on it. "Thanks.

that's a small blip on my radar, and I

The return of the evacuees helped.

a tray of steaming cups. The rich aroma of coffee mingles with the gentler scent of herbal tea, a little

cup of tea, the warmth seeping into my cold hands as I take a moment to breathe. The lobby is quieter now, the frantic energy of earlier replaced by a bone-deep weariness that seems to

doctors, I find myself at a loss. My body aches, my mind reels from the night's events,

to sit on the floor, our backs against the cool surface. Two young she-wolves move around us, mopping up

slow, methodical

No chatter.

No screams.

No sobbing.

did amazing tonight, Ava," Vanessa says

compliment. "Me? Vanessa, I watched you

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