Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 432

Chapter 432: Lisa: PTSD

LISA

Watching Ava struggle with the aftermath of the strange attack leaves me humbled. It feels like she's been growing all this time, while I've been sitting stagnant. Even my relationship with Kellan…

My gaze drifts to Kellan's broad shoulders. The gentle way he touches me, the way he watches my every step—it's a consideration he shows me. Every. Single. Day.

A knot forms in my throat.

The mate bond between us is something I can feel now, like an extra heartbeat in my chest, but I keep that door sealed tight. Sometimes I catch him watching me with those storm-gray eyes, waiting for me to let him in. To trust him. To love him back the way he loves me.

The memory of cold hands on my skin makes me shiver. Sharp fangs. Blood. Pain. Memories I thought I was over, but keep intruding of late.

No, nope. Not today, Satan. Focus on Ava.

I push away from the wall and cross the room. "Hey." My arms wrap around her thin frame. She feels as though she's lost ten pounds in one day; magic seems to take a lot out of her. "You need to sleep for at least an hour. Non-negotiable."

"Lisa—"

"Nope. Doctor's orders."

Her lip twitches. "You're not a doctor."

"Hey, I've watched enough Grey's Anatomy to qualify." The joke falls flat, but at least she cracks a weak smile. "One hour. That's all I'm asking. The families will still be here when you wake up. Go now, before I get mean about it."

"Okay," she agrees easily enough, a sure sign she's exhausted.

Vanessa's eyebrow lifts. "Impressive."

her to her cabin?" My fingers twist

Ava toward the door over her protests, where she keeps saying she isn't going

the

"Hmm?"

there something wrong

heart skips a beat for some reason.

your thigh." Vanessa's dark eyes fix on my leg. "I've noticed it

thigh, right over the spot where fangs once pierced flesh. The

down that hellscape of memories. I'm stronger now. Different.

You look

face, her lips pursed, but she lets it go to say,

and the slight tremor in her hands tell

need it. I can still power through for a while. We don't have enough staff for

dead on your feet," I point out.

she leans

their relationship is understated and calm, without any grand gestures. Half the time you'd never guess they

have. I don't ask enough questions. Life has evolved from girl talk

again.

I force a smile. "I'm fine. Just thinking of too many things. How

to talk. Or if that wound

in my throat, but I step forward and wrap my arms around Vanessa, overwhelmed by a rush of emotion. "Thank you. For everything you do for us. For Ava. For me, too." She was one of the first to care about me, despite being human. She's never treated me

of ours. She pats my back with a

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