Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 409

Chapter 409 Ava: Warnings

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me."

My food goes from delectable to soggy cardboard as my heart drops.

This isn't good. Book, what's happening?

Something's triggered the wards. Every single one. But it's strange; I can't sense anything.

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My chair scrapes against the floor as I bolt up. The wards alarm through my head, discordant and jarring enough to nauseate me. My breakfast sits abandoned as my feet carry me through the door; Elverly shouts something, but my senses are too busy with the racket in my head.

"Luna?" Brett asks, but I'm already running.

They all follow without another word, but my mind's tuned inward, my magic reaching out to the bright beacons of my wards. It isn't like a net that encompasses everything in the area, but direct lines; I wish I had the ability to sense everything like a net right now, though.

That's the thing about power. It's never enough.

"I can't feel what triggered them. Every ward at every site is going off. That can't be possible."

Neither can I, he replies. The magic feels strange. But going to investigate will be dangerous.

Whatever this is—it's clearly part of someone's plan.

"Not investigating isn't really an option, though." We have to know what's happening out there.

Snow whips past my face as I sprint toward my cabin. The familiar path stretches endless before me, my lungs burning with each frozen breath. My guards' footsteps thunder behind me, but I don't slow down.

Selene, I need Vester, Marcus, Greg, and Kellan at my cabin now.

On it. Vester left with Lucas last night, though.

Damn it.

closet. My fingers fumble with the clasps of my tactical gear—the reinforced

screaming in my head, but

nothing's there; it just means it's beyond my ability

you figure anything

concrete. It's like

"Is it the taint?"

least, not that I

I

as I strap on my last knife. Kellan

happening?" He pushes the door closed, his eyes sharp despite his breathlessness. He's on full alert, already

of them triggered at once. But we

not going out there." Kellan's grim

I check my last knife strap. "These are my wards.

It isn't as strong as Lucas, or even Selene. But it's enough for me to know he's serious. "Think about it, Ava. Every single ward going off

pause on the buckle. "Or

to entice

logic hits hard, but my instincts scream

Kellan's eyes soften. "We're trained for this. Let

truth I don't want to face. If there's something

on my hands anymore. Never

frustration. "How far out is

wolfed it to cover more ground. They're...

forms in my stomach. For something like this to happen when he's not in

how I know

Selene adds, her mental voice tight with

to ice. "Kellan, check if Vanessa can

he reaches through the pack bonds for the healer. After a tense moment, his expression darkens.

to my own ears. "Maybe you can

I got here."

Fuck.

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