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 it was,

manifest in many different ways,

cabin, I wonder if that could possibly

sending me face-first into a snowbank. I hop and skip a few steps

have attacked our scouts? Her ears prick forward. Twenty? Thirty? And yet we've only found five of our own affected

My steps slow.

corruption near Wolf's Landing has been contained. The rogues

about the wolves who venture out further? The

have been touched by the taint but aren't showing symptoms yet? What if they're

wanting to alarm anyone unnecessarily.

scanning I do isn't that in depth. I'm not sure if I can search for a specific

The magic spent is far greater, and the control is much tighter, to search for that specific resonance. In order to match

other words, I need to spend

Yes.

* * *

today; he's in the debriefing tent again, with Kellan. Ryder and Vester are gone on whatever missions they've been given, but Vanessa's

press a quick kiss to Lucas's cheek, catching the tail end of

about

tightens. "They're back

"Since when?"

carries a weight that makes my earlier worries about Ivy seem

out to me. The video quality is crisp, as if there wasn't a months-long digital blackout for

the screen, her usual

legs weaken. The crawl at the bottom of the screen screams "STATE OF EMERGENCY" in bold red letters. The president is dead. Not just dead—assassinated. The words blur together as the anchor continues her

Vice President Matthew Collins has assumed

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