Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 366

Chapter 366 Lisa: Improvements

LISA

I am a precision instrument.

Or, well, my wrist brace is.

Okay—the word precision might be stretching it a bit. If I'm within fifty yards of my target, I might be able to get a single hit off in a real fight.

But the real point here is, if I hit my target, their head is going to explode. The power I hold in a single wrist brace might be getting to my head a little.

"Timber!" I shout cheerfully, though no one's near the tree now falling.

The Grand Sage's pen scratches across his notepad with manic energy. His white hair sticks up in every direction, like he's been electrocuted. Which, knowing him, is entirely possible.

"Excellent work today, Lisa. The trajectory calculations are spot on." He peers at me over his glasses. "Your aim has improved significantly, and we've even increased the economy of power consumption."

Pride swells in my chest. "Thanks to your adjustments on the brace." I flex my wrist, admiring how the metal catches the weak winter sunlight. "Though I still need to work on my stamina."

"Nonsense." He waves his pen at me. "The amount of magical energy required to power these devices is substantial. Your body needs time to adjust."

"But what if I need to use it in an emergency?" The tree I felled lies in the snow, its branches spread like fallen soldiers. "I can't ask the bad guys to wait while I catch my breath."

"Which is precisely why we're developing alternative power sources." He flips through his notes. "The blood activation is merely temporary. I have some promising theories about crystalline batteries."

up. "Crystals? Like the

principle, different application." He scribbles something else, muttering under his

concept makes my head spin. "So I wouldn't need to use my own energy

both love and fear. "Think of it as a magical battery pack. Pre-charged and ready

through my workout clothes, and my sweat is starting to freeze.

"In a sense, yes."

of Ava. "That girl

My throat tightens. The memories of that party flash through my mind—blood and screams and death. Bodies of wolves who died protecting us. Protecting me. "She blames herself for every injury, every death. She takes

though no one's said a word to me about the lives Westwood lost at that ill-fated party so long

like someone else I know." The Grand

adjusting my brace. "At least I'm doing something useful now. These

shuffles through his papers with renewed

"How would that work?"

engine." His hands wave through the air, sketching invisible diagrams. "Once initiated with a small spark of power, it would generate its own energy through a continuous feedback loop. The applications

The concept of unlimited magical power makes my head spin. "Like something out of science

the ability to harness and perpetuate magical energy was commonplace. But like so many other wonders of the past, that knowledge was lost

wonder if Grimoire knows anything

more about these ancient cities." Entertaining myself by puffing out clouds of my breath, I keep pace with the trudging elderly gnome as we head back to Wolf's Landing.

in a space between realms. Neither fully in our world nor in the

nose wrinkles. "Unreal?

describe gods walking among mortals, sharing their knowledge freely. Magical fountains that could cure any ailment. Buildings that floated in the sky." He chuckles,

"What do you mean?"

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