Tangled

Unshift 313

Unshift 313

313 Ava: What Do You Think I Should Do?

Grimoire's presence inside of me is unfazed after his revelations from the morning. I swear his

book form even looks cheerful, sitting there on the table.

You seem worried, Selene says, sounding distracted.

"I am. I still don't agree with Grimoire"

About the summoning?

"Yes. Wouldn't you know if you were summoned?"

I suppose. Selene goes quiet for a bit, before asking, How does Lucas feel about it?

Lucas.

He's standing by the window, watching the light rain drizzle across our world. The soft patter of droplets on glass is the only sound outside of my voice. Sister Miriam and Vester left a while ago, leaving us to contemplate our next move. Lucas hasn't spoken since they departed, his thoughts as opaque as the cloudy sky outside.

"I don't know."

He seems ambivalent to the idea of summoning his wolf, but I can't blame him.

After dropping the bomb of Selene's alleged summoning-though she denies it-he did mention. the possible negatives.

While Lucas would not lose his sense of self, he might lose his wolf. Like me, he would exist as a human. But unlike me, he wouldn't have magic to bridge that supernatural gap.

No healing. No strength. What would happen if he were challenged then?

Is it any better than now?

survive

slip my arms around his waist, pressing my cheek against the broad expanse of his back. The

stomach. His touch is warm, familiar,

and

warmth of his scent fills my lungs, surrounding me in

the silence, low and rumbling. I can feel the

should he do? The options before us are all shit,

shit mountain.

A What 10 You

Think

it weren't for the state

weren't

have more

wouldn't be forced into these

so many times, life isn't

softly. "There's

over mine. "Tell me what you're

soft sigh, with all the weight of the

if you keep your sense of self... I worry that you would feel as if you were

it feels

has with their wolf. Distance can create emptiness within our bond. And-scariest of all-I can die and leave her alone in this

voice wavers slightly. "And I worry about what that would mean for

I can

selfishly, I

eyes searching my face. "I feel that connection with you," he says softly. "Even without the memories, there's something right about being with you. It's here: He taps his chest, then mine. "Something inside of me is so happy,

swells. "I feel it

his hands, his touch gentle. "But this

nod, leaning

that we are not one body? Selene asks, still

I can't imagine not being able to touch you,

is the same for

her bond has me smiling, and Lucas narrows his eyes.