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."

take her to her cabin?" My fingers twist in the hem

Ava toward the door over her protests, where she keeps saying she isn't going to do anything and doesn't need a babysitter.

and heads for the door. Her hand pauses

"Hmm?"

there something wrong with your

skips a beat for some

eyes fix on my leg. "I've

thigh, right over the spot where fangs once pierced flesh. The phantom sensation of teeth breaking

hellscape of memories. I'm stronger now. Different. Recovered

are you doing? You look exhausted." Looking her over, I add, "You probably need the rest as much as Ava

studies my face, her lips pursed, but she lets it go to say, "I've had worse shifts. It

slight tremor in her hands tell a

I can still power through for a while. We don't

at your best, not dead on your feet," I point out. "You're always taking care of everyone else. Who's taking care

leans against

each other; their relationship is understated and calm, without any grand gestures. Half the time you'd never guess they were mated, and yet there's always something

evolved from girl talk and giggling over a cup of

has gone dark again. Are you

Vanessa, I force a smile. "I'm fine. Just thinking of too many things. How the world's

ever need to talk. Or if that wound of

"Thank you. For everything you do for us. For Ava. For me, too." She was one of the first to

supernatural world of ours.

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