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?

but can an Alpha survive without his internal

pressing my cheek against the broad expanse of his back. The

is warm, familiar, yet so new. We stand like this

and

warmth of his scent fills my

you think I should do?" His voice breaks the silence, low and rumbling. I can

he do? The options before us are all shit, covered in more shit,

shit mountain.

A What 10 You

You Think

weren't for the state of the

it weren't for

have

we wouldn't be forced

learned so

softly. "There's so much

over mine. "Tell me what you're

the weight of the world in

self... I worry that you would feel as

know how it feels to be so

Selene has changed my world, but it's still different from the bond any normal shifter has with their wolf. Distance can create emptiness within our bond. And-scariest of all-I can die and leave her alone in this world. Or she can dic, and I'll be alone

slightly. "And I worry about what that would mean for you as Alpha. Would the pack accept a leader

remains silent, but I can

closer to him. "And selfishly, I miss you. The

there's something right about being with you. It's here: He taps his chest, then mine. "Something inside of me is so happy,

"I feel it too,"

his touch gentle. "But this isn't just

nod, leaning

we are not one body? Selene

I can't imagine not being able

the same

from her bond has me smiling, and