Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 400

Chapter 400 Ava: Confronting Ivy

Snow crunches under my boots as I pace, each step carving deeper tracks into the pristine cover of snow that swept in overnight.

Three steps left. Three steps right. My breath clouds in front of my face.

"Just knock already," I mutter to myself.

You've been out here twenty minutes, Selene points out.

"Not helping."

How do you tell someone they might be corrupted by dark magic? 'Hey, noticed you've been acting weird lately, mind if I check for evil taint?' Yeah, that'll go over well.

The door flies open with a bang that makes me jump. Ivy stands in the doorway, her usual perfect appearance nowhere to be found. Dark circles ring her eyes, and her chestnut hair hangs limp around her face.

"What do you want?" Her voice comes out raspy, like she's been gargling glass.

"I..." All my carefully planned words evaporate. "Are you okay?"

She leans against the doorframe. "Fine. Just tired."

But she's not fine. I can see the slight tremor in her hands, the way she's barely keeping herself upright. My magic flutters in response to... something.

"You look sick."

"Thanks." Her laugh turns into a cough. "Always good to hear how terrible I look."

"That's not what I meant." I step forward, catching her arm when she sways. "Did you get any sleep?"

"Yes." She tries to pull away but doesn't have the strength. "Or tried to. Everything hurts."

gets worse. Without thinking, I press my

to

"I don't need—"

tone brooks no argument. "And you can

opens her mouth to protest, then closes it as another wave of dizziness hits. I tighten my

don't think

her weight. She's lighter than I

"We're not in

grows more labored with

medical lodge comes into view, smoke curling from its chimney. "Just

Her words

door opens as we approach, Vanessa's concerned face

Her head drops to my

and together we guide Ivy inside. The warmth hits like

asks, directing us to an

ease Ivy onto the

eyes flutter closed as soon as

Vanessa asks, already checking her blood pressure and

Her voice is barely

want to reach for it, to understand

is dangerously high." Vanessa disappears from the side of the bed, ostensibly to

about the corruption, but

or go," Vanessa says, returning with an IV bag. "But don't just stand

as they seem to surprise Ivy, whose

playing Luna." Ivy's laugh turns into

sink into a chair

this?" I ask our healer

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