Tangled

Chapter 307

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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-

such a meaningful way that I pause. Damn. Do I smell

do. It's everywhere. You should shower. "I'll

of coffee that lost its steam a while ago. Without speaking, Lucas slides a cup of coffee in front of

like horror

His Memories.

307 Ava His

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

"Your wolves seem to be

me more pleased than I'd like to admit. "Thank you." Her report is a bit of a surprise to me, though; wolves don't change off a few words, and I don't have the best history in this pack. They accept strength. It is the ultimate law of the land, Selene

""Where are you?"

looks at me with concern, and I grimace. "Sorry. I

I've

guess it's normal when you've grown up your entire life doing it, but it's hard to concentrate and separate my mental speaking from just... brain noise. There is an exceptional amount of noise, says Selene, sounding far too

"Whose business?"

The gnomes.

stone in the center of the table. "We are clear to speak, so let's get started. It is

made a good display yesterday, it doesn't change the feelings of some

his chair in silence; it looks as

exhausted, to sleep right through

range of the stone. You

makes

disconcerting as ever. "Your mate has lost his connection with his wolf. This is why he could not heal

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

Thears

Lucas, who meets her stare with an impassive expression. His arm drapes casually over the back of my chair, a gesture that feels back protectie and possessive. The tension between them thickens, and I resist

in my

dear he has no intention of contributing to this conversation. He seems to hold respect for Sister Miriam, but there is also

back to me her expression softening slightly. Ava, how much do you know about

races, quickly gathering the fragments of infomation that have been tossed my way. "Not much. I admit, feeling a twinge of

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