Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 389

Chapter 389 Ava: Pulling Away

My hands tremble against the frozen earth. The corruption no longer yields so easily to my touch. Each pull of taint feels like dragging a boulder through mud; I'm exhausted.

Stop. Selene's command rings sharp in my mind. You're exhausted.

She's right. You need to pull back now.

The corruption fights my attempts to draw it in, thick and viscous. My earlier confidence crumbles as my magic strains to pull in more corruption. It's hungry.

Sweat trickles down my spine despite the bitter cold.

I try to pull away, but the corruption clings like tar. My arms shake with the effort to break free. The magic inside me churns, no longer the smooth current it was before.

Get up. Selene's teeth close gently on my coat sleeve. I've cleared a lot of space, and it's no longer unsafe for her to be by my side. Let go.

"I'm trying." Panic edges into my voice. The corruption wraps tendrils around my magic, and my magic grabs onto it like a starving child. "It won't let go."

Focus. Grimoire's presence wraps around my mind. Your magic belongs to you. It is under your power. You are in command.

The corruption pulls harder. My vision blurs at the edges. The buzzing under my skin turns to needles of ice.

Fight it, little witch.

I close my eyes, concentrating on Grimoire's voice. On Selene's steady presence. On Lucas waiting for me back at Wolf's Landing. On Lisa who needs me strong and whole.

On all of Westwood, who have come to accept me as their Luna.

The corruption's hold wavers.

snow. My chest heaves as I gasp for air. The magic inside me whirls like a storm, making me dizzy; if it were truly sentient, I'd

in my face as she licks me desperately. Just

I am glowing. The light beneath my skin pulses erratically, matching the chaos of

"It was

energy, and then it's like walking through knee-deep mud. You did

they were both there for

never encountered an amount of corruption you can't cleanse on your own. It's understandable to falter in the face of its power.

my wrist, her frown

strong front,

her hand to my forehead. "And

drink a single sip during

the first hour or

says Lucas is worried sick. You've been

be right. But I glance around, taking in the deep purple shadows stretching across the snow. Twilight bathes everything in muted colors, the sun nothing more than a memory on the

realize it

much of the taint is left? How many more times will

"About two-thirds."

around me. Greg mutters a curse under his

rises, her eyes wide. "You've been working for eight hours straight and there's still

been there for every purification trip; they've seen how much I've done in the past. It must be a huge shock for them to

It was

through her pack. "Here. Small sips." She presses a water bottle into my hands. "Your body temperature

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