Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 376

Chapter 376 Lisa: First Kill

LISA

Mira stands in front of me, fully wolfed out, gray fur bristling.

Snow crunches beneath my boots as I back a little further away.

Something isn't right. Ten massive wolves wrestle with the Westwood wolves, brutally aggressive, and yet not a single one glances my way.

A gray wolf—one of our guards, I'm pretty sure—flies past us, blood matting his fur. He slams into a tree with a sickening crack. My stomach lurches. I can't recognize the wolves by sight like Ava does, because they all look alike. Only Kellan stands out from the rest, a little larger and more russet than gray.

He launches at two attackers, his teeth finding purchase in one's throat, trying to pull him to the ground. But these wolves don't seem to notice pain.

The brace on my wrist is warm, already charged with a few drops of blood and ready to fire. But there's no way I can use it with them all tangled together like this. I'm as liable to hit one of my guards as I am an enemy.

My fingers hover over the brace. If I can just get a clear shot...

But it doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon.

Another guard crashes nearby, his leg bent at an impossible angle. Still, not one of the attacking wolves turns our way. It's like Mira and I are invisible, or...

"They're only targeting the pack," I murmur.

But how do they know?

Kellan roars in pain as three wolves pin him down. My heart leaps into my throat. The brace grows hot against my skin, responding to my panic.

But why avoid me? Unless...

Unless someone wants me alive.

No. That's crazy. Who would—

me in an instant. Before I can turn, something

my veins. My muscles lock up as a primal part of

across pristine white in my peripheral vision, and I

I'm already

No.

My whole body trembles.

stands before me, but she's wrong. All wrong. Her delicate features remain unchanged, that same pixie-like face that had brought me food in that dark cell. But power radiates from her. Or something does, anyway, with an aura of darkness and fire. Her unnatural green eyes practically

voice carries the same musical lilt I remember, but now it scrapes against my ears like broken glass. It's strange, like

and ready, aimed straight for her face. But I can't say the words. Can't make my body respond to my mind. I'm frozen in fear and memories

horrible, beautiful eyes hold me captive, as if

My lungs won't work. The sounds of fighting fade to a distant roar as those toxic eyes

before. Just like that cell. Just like every nightmare since.

I'm not the same helpless girl I was then. This time I have power

head, all I can

my arm. Its tip blazes white-hot, the shaft a swirling inferno of orange and gold. Something large enough to contain all my terror. All my rage. All

melodic voice carries a note of confusion, her eyes moving to the arm I

chest, burning away the darkness that writhes beneath her skin. The flames would consume her from the inside out, turning those toxic green eyes to ash. My

"Fire."

Mira's blood splashed on her face and clothes. With

yards out. Destroying

wolf entangled with

nothing to get in the way of all the emotions I've thrown into this moment, in the lance so clearly depicted in my head, in the horrible death I'm wishing upon this woman. This person I once thought of as a victim, and

at all as the lance bursts forth, blazing with all the rage held in my soul. She has less than a second to

chest, just as

'o' of surprise. Then the flames burst outward from the impact point, consuming her in a blinding

I was prepared for; it's acrid and sweet, like burning hair mixed with rotting meat. My stomach

bone burning

light, so bright it burns spots in my vision. Then she disappears, crumbling into nothing

even have time to

boots is stained with Mira's blood,

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