Tangled
Chapter 231
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231 Ava: Water
The rune for water swims before my eyes, its curves and lines blurring as I try to focus. My mind, however, has other plans. It drifts to Vanessa, her soft smile as she spoke of Vester. The ache in her voice. The longing.
I know that feeling all too well now.
Lucas. Where is he? Is he safe? Is the pack safe? Do we have more funeral rites coming? Are people hurting? Are our hospitals inundated?
Your brain is so loud I can't sleep, Selene's voice cuts through my spiraling thoughts.
Oh, I'm so sorry. Rolling my eyes at her nonexistent self, knowing she can feel it, I drawl mentally, Let me just turn down the volume on my anxiety for you. Wouldn't want to disturb your beauty rest.
Selene huffs, a sound somewhere between amusement and exasperation. Worrying about things you can't control is a waste of time. You'd be better off focusing on what's in front of you. The sooner you master this, the sooner we can leave.
She's right, of course. Doesn't make it any easier, but she's right. I take a deep breath, trying to center myself. "Okay, okay. You're right. Let's do this."
"Is it Selene?" Vanessa asks in amusement. "Whenever you talk to her, your entire face scrunches up.
Damn. Really? I've watched them all go a little vacant-eyed when they're talking to their wolves or pack members, but no one's ever
That's amharging
sghing me pep talk
"You can do this, Ava. Look what you accomplished earlier today? Civing me two thumbs-up that couldn't be more cheesy if she tried. Vanessa grins. "I have faith in you"
Heat flushes in my cheeks. No matter how much care and attention I've been given in my time at Westwood, it still feels
awkward and wrong to have someone so enthusiastic in their
praise of me.
Good, too.
Really good.
That rush of warmth and affection in my heart that's brought about with a few simple words and encouragement is a little scary. It reminds me a little of how I'd begun to feel a little like I should stay with Clayton, all because he was kind to me and gave me a place to live, despite knowing that it was wrong.
Knowing him a little more now-stijl not very much, but enough to recognize that he didn't exactly have any sinister designs to throw me back to my pack or anything-Ican see how he was just an alpha struggling to do the right thing and maybe a little too clouded by the heat-mating that occurred between us.
1 like him. Selene murmurs. But he is not the one who stirs your
heart, is he?
No, he isn't.
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corner from the first moment we met. Someone who's willing
aside from Lucas, who's bonded to me. And aside from Lisa, who-despite being my best
Elkins, who didn't know who I
who's another half of
in return. I'm weak to that. I see that now, and it only gets clearer by the day. There's nothing
Selene murmurs.
worries me. I'm going to need to be smarter in the future. Make sure I'm not trusting the wrong people,
me well.
that Magister Orion isn't the best choice of teacher. Maybe being here in the Fae
says, affection
can to avoid what's in front
Right.
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The magic.
purge my head as
the rune for
but when I reach for it, it's like hitting a wall. I push against it,
builds quicker than before. I managed it before, why not now? Visualizing the magic as a door that I need to open doesn't feel right. I tug at an
Nothing.
My shoulders slump.
keep fighting. My arms and legs shake with exhaustion, just like they did after I
no flickering
muscles and the bitter
to crumple it up and throw it across the room, but I resist the urge. Barely. "This is pointless," I mutter, more to myself than to Selene. "Maybe I'm just a one-trick pony. Fire and
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Selene chides. Magic isn't something you can force. It's
for you to say," I grumble. "You're not the one sitting here feeling
just the one watching you act like one, she retorts,
of the tension easing from my shoulders as I let out
frustration. Vanessa is still and silent in her
looking anywhere except at me, knowing the stress her regard would put
ever, I'm convinced
again, maybe I'm approaching this all wrong. Fire came to
do I associate
eyes again, thinking of the times I've felt most connected to water. The gentle lapping of waves at the
of rain on the windows of Lisa's apartment. The refreshing coolness of a glass of water, after a hot
something, but I
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