Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 463

Chapter 463: Ava: Blessed Silence

Chapter 463: Ava: Blessed Silence

"Spin, spin, spin like a top, watch the blood spill, splatter, drop! Pretty eyes, rolling back, souls escaping through the crack!"

"Thank the Goddess," Lucas mutters as I finish pushing mana into the last rune of the ward Grimoire taught me about ten minutes ago.

The ghost’s sing-song voice cuts off mid-verse, like someone muted a particularly disturbing children’s show. The sudden silence washes over us like cool water, and I breathe a deep sigh.

"Better?" Grimoire asks, his voice smug as he hangs upside down in midair.

Now he’s the only spirit in here.

I sink onto the couch, my shoulder brushing against my mate’s with comfortable, informal warmth. "So much better. You’re amazing."

The book puffs his chest out. "I know."

Selene snorts from her position as a warmer across our mate’s feet.

Lucas wraps his arm around me, pulling me closer. I breathe in his scent like it’s the oxygen my lungs crave. My semi-frayed nerves settle in the aftermath of the ghost’s obnoxious singing.

I’ve been listening to it all day; it’s the worst.

"We should put this all over the compound," he sighs, leaning his head back as he closes his eyes.

"The ward requires refreshing every twelve hours," Grimoire explains, his expression suddenly serious. "And it only has approximately a twenty-foot radius of effectiveness. It would be inefficient to ward the entire compound."

more like a tired sigh. "I wish we could,

audible through

mate winces. "I feel a little bad for the guards

"Me too."

It’s these stolen moments that feel surreal—pockets of normalcy in a world gone mad. His thumb brushes against the nape of my neck, and I lean further

could just live in

twice in a roundabout

"You should tell Clayton. He wants

I smile, reaching up to poke Lucas’ cheek.

lips quirk up. "Of course you

his voice makes my chest

stare at me. "You have such a big heart. And you

compliment catches me off-guard, and I glance away. "I’m just trying not to

is," he says softly. "Holding it together when everything’s falling apart and still making the right calls." He pauses, expression darkening. "It’s strange though, isn’t it? This ghost appearing not long after we find vanishing bodies. I can’t help

Granted, most of our conversations revolved around Ryder and the Fae princess when he returned. "Can

Grimoire echoes, and I realize he’s disappeared, himself. He must have returned to his book form. It

couch, his body tensing as he collects his thoughts. Even Selene lifts her

were heading to Jericho, we

Like...

His voice drops.

tightens. "Westwood

ambush. Missing scouts since we arrived here. All

"Were they... alive again?" We’d run into a few

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