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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-
in such a meaningful way that I pause. Damn. Do I smell like our
It's everywhere. You should shower. "I'll
cup of coffee that lost its steam a while ago. Without speaking, Lucas slides a cup of coffee in front of me. It's as black as Sister Miriam's hair. Silently, I grab some creamer and sugar, dumping them into the mug
like horror
His Memories.
307 Ava His
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 this place. Commune? Camp? Hideaway? It
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
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?"
with concern, and I grimace. "Sorry. I was talking
I've
it just feels weird to converse that way. I 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
"Whose business?"
The gnomes.
throat. "Your wolf is with the Grand Sage." She taps the stone in the center of the
made a good display yesterday, it doesn't change
back in his chair in silence; it looks as
exhausted, to sleep right through that.
bed is just outside the range of the stone. You heard
That makes sense,
"Your mate has lost his connection with
Lucas faces
Thears
Viram doesn't answer immediately. Instead, her gaze fixes on Lucas, who meets her stare with an impassive expression. His arm drapes casually over the back of my
squirm in
He seems to hold respect for Sister Miriam, but there
Her attention shifts back to me her expression softening slightly. Ava, how much do you know
the fragments of infomation that have been tossed my way. "Not much. I admit, feeling a twinge of guilt. I'm always so nerwhelmed with
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