Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 356

Chapter 356 Ava: Blizzard

As it turns out, I don't get a chance to talk to Lucas that night.

Or the next one.

Or even the one after that.

A surprise storm blows in, stranding Lucas—and a small team of scouts—several hours from the compound, on what should have been a simple evening run. He's been taking groups of younger wolves out at night in what he calls field training.

Thankfully, we still have contact with each other, even if it is limited. It's never fun to be separated. With as much time as we've spent apart, we both do our best to make sure we spend a little time with each other daily.

Not having him around leaves me a little depressed, but knowing he's safe with the younger wolves makes our brief separation at least bearable.

No, not having Lucas around isn't the problem setting my teeth on edge.

She's at it again, Selene observes sourly, nosing through the kitchen.

I watch Elverly bustle around the kitchen, her tiny form a whirlwind of frustration. The gnome's grumbling grows louder as she yanks open cabinets and slams them shut.

"Look at this." She waves a wooden spoon toward the freezer, which is now almost empty, and the empty shelves of beans. "Three days of that beanpole demanding more protein. Does she think food just appears out of thin air?"

Elverly's rants are almost legendary among the kitchen staff. For a tiny gnome, she has a laundry list of complaints. Today, however, they're valid.

three-day blizzard, our food stock has

we're running low, even though we just had a stocking run last week." She kicks a pot out of her way, the clang echoing through the kitchen. "If she comes in here one more time, I'll make her

know not everyone is falling for

I can. Sometimes you just have to let Elverly be angry. She's more bark than bite. "I promise I won't let Ivy mess with your system

I can see her tension easing. "I need to prepare for lunch. After three days

"That sounds great."

stops clanging and banging, I turn to Selene, who's crammed herself into a corner to avoid getting hit by

ears twitch, and she slinks out of the corner to follow me out the door. She's in the main lodge, cleaning

Now I'm going

getting more comfortable with giving orders and

there anything you need help with?" I ask, turning

of my kitchen. I can put together the list of supplies we need for another

with the hunters." Meat is scarce in the winter, but it isn't impossible

out of the

shovel trails to tents and clear snow from entrances; it's

tents are almost buried on the outskirts of

shoveled path toward the main

of the Westwood Pack. Lucas' mate. His only mate. I have authority here, even if it sometimes feels like I'm

under my breath,

reasonable, with that strange smile on her face. I grit my teeth, pushing down the surge of irritation that threatens to

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