Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 396

Chapter 396 Ava: Cell Towers

I don't trust her, Selene says, coming out from me to stare suspiciously at the door Ivy closes behind her.

The walk back feels longer, my boots crunching through snow as my mind churns. Something about Ivy's story nags at me, like a splinter under my skin. It leaves me uneasy and uncomfortable, but I can't pinpoint why.

"Selene, could you ask around about the attack?"

She trots beside me, staring at me with her sharp blue eyes. Why do you want to know about that?

"I can't put my finger on it. It's just strange. Maybe I'm being paranoid." Lord knows I've got serious issues with the woman. Paranoia feels far too natural around her. Of course, she encourages it with her strange behavior and passive-aggressive nature, but… I don't know.

There's something about this. I just know it.

You think she's lying?

"No, no. Not that."

She was too nice?

"No." Frustrated by my own inability to understand what's bothering me, I kick at the snow compacted to the side of the trail. "It's probably nothing. I'm just—"

Her presence felt strange to me, too, Grimoire offers, sounding thoughtful. I paid little attention, but it was strange. I don't know why, either.

Maybe that was it. "Think she was affected by some taint she passed by?"

It could be. We haven't had much experience with the early stages of exposure. We can keep an eye on her.

if

different every time. It can manifest in many different ways, depending

over my shoulder at Ivy's cabin, I wonder if that could possibly be it. It doesn't seem right, but what else

I hop and skip a few steps to regain

scouts? Her ears prick forward. Twenty? Thirty? And yet

My steps slow.

says. The corruption near Wolf's Landing has been

about the wolves who venture out further? The ones who

What if they're like Ivy—something's off but we can't quite place what? If Ava isn't

not wanting to alarm anyone unnecessarily. "Grimoire, is there

scanning I do isn't that in depth. I'm not sure if I

take considerable energy. This isn't a general area scan, but more of a fishing expedition. The magic spent is far greater, and the control is much tighter, to search for that specific resonance. In order to match it, you

other words, I need to spend

Yes.

* * *

again, with Kellan. Ryder and Vester

a quick kiss to Lucas's cheek, catching the tail end of their conversation. Something about cell towers

what about

face tightens.

"Since when?"

that makes my earlier worries about Ivy seem trivial.

to me. The video quality is crisp, as

screen, her usual professional demeanor

president is dead. Not just dead—assassinated. The

on the White House... Vice President Matthew Collins has assumed command... Several supernatural delegates present during

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