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?

Alpha survive without

room in silence, I slip my arms around his waist, pressing my cheek against the broad expanse of

stomach. His touch is warm, familiar, yet so new. We

and

stretches, undefined and uncertain. The warmth of his scent fills my lungs, surrounding me

low and rumbling. I can feel the

options before us are all shit,

shit mountain.

A What 10 You

You Think

the state of

it weren't for the

have

we wouldn't be

as I've learned so many times, life

admit softly.

over mine. "Tell me what you're

sigh, with all the weight of the world in it, escapes

sense of self... I worry that you would feel as if you were living half a life without

how it feels to be

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

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

remains silent, but I can sense

"And selfishly, I miss you. The you who remembers

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, every

feel it too," I

in his hands, his touch gentle. "But this isn't just about us. I have a responsibility to

leaning into

are not one body? Selene asks, still

But I can't imagine not being able to

is the same for

feel from her bond has me smiling, and