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307 Ava: His Memories
"Ava."
Someone's gently prodding at my shoulder, and I groan, my entire body battered. Oh, right. Lucas... was an animal last night.
"Ava.
"What?" Now that I'm marginally awake, his voice registers in my brain. I turn my head to squint through a tangled mass of hair. I need a shower. And a brush. And, like, five cups of coffee. ""Sister Miriam's here."
Sister Miri-oh.
Sitting up abruptly, I must startle Lucas. He jumps up from the edge of the bed, hands in the air as he watches me cautiously, like I'm about to bite.
"Sorry, I'm up."
"I see that. Lowering his hands, he adds, "You didn't warn me you're such a bear when you're asleep.
A bear? Me?
You bit him when he tried to wake you up earlier, and you kicked him when he tried to cover you in a blanket. Selene's helpful, overly chipper words have my head pounding.
The still-new string of connection to Grimoire pulses urgently, tugging and yanking every which
way.
Damn. Wake up and everyone needs you, all at once.
"Selene said I bit you. And kicked you."
He shrugs, politely ignoring the heat reddening my cheeks. "Take your time. Do you want to shower first?"
"No, I'm okay-
a brow in such a meaningful way that I pause. Damn. Do I smell like
It's everywhere. You should shower.
coffee that lost its steam a while ago. Without speaking, Lucas slides a cup of coffee in front of me. It's
like horror
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to enjoy torturing himself with its bitter flavor. Not me. I love myself, so I doctor mine up with as much cream and sugar as I can manage while still maintaining a decent level of caffeine. Flavored syrup would be great, but that's a luxury we don't have in
finger around the rim of her cup. "Your wolves seem to be in good spirits. You've given them their first taste of hope since their arrival.
is a bit of a surprise to me, though; wolves don't change off a
""Where are you?"
with concern, and I grimace. "Sorry. I was
I've
when you've grown up your entire life doing it, but it's hard to concentrate and separate my mental
"Whose business?"
The gnomes.
clears her throat. "Your wolf is with the Grand Sage." She taps the stone in the center of the table. "We are clear
a good display yesterday, it doesn't change the
coffee, I nod to show I'm listening. Lucas leans back in his chair in silence; it
must have been exhausted, to sleep right through that.
bed is just outside the range of
makes sense,
as disconcerting as ever. "Your mate has lost his connection with
wolf is gone. "How many know about this?" While I suspect Kellan realizes, it isn't a subject I've brought up to anyone. The danger Lucas faces without his wolf is too terrifying to let that information out loose. "Do you know
Thears
gaze fixes on Lucas, who meets her stare with an impassive expression. His arm drapes casually over the back
squirm in
to this conversation. He seems to hold respect
attention shifts back to me her expression softening slightly. Ava, how much do you
infomation that have been tossed my way. "Not much. I admit, feeling a twinge of guilt. I'm always so nerwhelmed with what's in front of
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