Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 377

Chapter 377 Ava: A Terrible Loss

The smell is everywhere. Blood. So much blood it pierces through the crisp winter air, making my stomach turn. The pristine white landscape ahead is no longer—violent arcs and puddles of blood mix with churned patches of snow, depicting the aftermath of battle.

The sled slows as we approach. There are a few unmoving wolf bodies on the ground. They aren't ours.

Except one, further off, surrounded by Lisa and the others.

"Lisa!" My voice cracks as I jump off the sled and rush toward my best friend. She sits motionless, the head of our fallen wolf in her lap. "Are you okay?"

It must be Mira she's holding.

My guards fan out around us, creating a protective circle. Vanessa rushes to the nearest injured wolf, her medical supplies already in hand. Not sure what she can do for what's clearly a broken leg, but this is her field of expertise.

Mine is… well, I don't know.

First, checking on Lisa. Then, figuring out what the hell we're going to do.

"I'm fine." Lisa's surprisingly calm, but it doesn't seem right. More like she's detached from reality. There's no emotion, no sense of self in her words. Lifting her arm, where her brace glints in the light, she says simply, "She didn't stand a chance."

Who? Mira?

Another betrayal?

No. Selene's voice is clipped and tight. These ashes were a body once.

Oh.

So Lisa…

Killed them.

Good riddance.

Yes.

must be something wrong, because

not sure yet, but they

clothes he pulls from the sled, watching Lisa with a surprising amount of

with a gentle squeeze, I slip by her to kneel beside the ash pile. Strange magic tingles across my skin. The residual energy almost makes my teeth ache. Is

Marcus stands near Kellan.

missing," Lucas' beta says, his deep voice carrying easily. "We aren't in shape

uninjured and we can do it. But that would

"What does Lucas say?"

are on

change the subject to what's bothering me the

oblivious to what's happening around us. "She says it's a woman associated with the Mad Prince. She was there during her captivity. His

the back of my mind since Lisa's return, buried under an avalanche of—well, so many things. He wasn't supposed to be part of our

he been searching for her

Damn it.

learned to shield your powers. But I don't think this was a

"A thrall?"

Selene confirms. Just blood magic

the ashes. "Blood magic lingers past death. This one was under an immense level of control—likely one

Marisol. This must be her.

he have? Do you

they don't survive long. I was lucky, because

might know, but she's

months. I don't even know if

in her own world. My knees sink into the snow beside her, but

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