Tangled

Chapter 317

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317 Ava: Mindscape

Diving into my bond with Selene is like falling into warm clouds. It's an odd feeling to enter a mental space, but she draws me in naturally, her expertise in this space far outstripping mind.

It's as if my body is separate now, almost a distant memory.

I can't feel the air on my skin. Can't feel the ground I'm sitting on. Even the weight of Selene's body against mine is gone.

There's no smell here.

It isn't even accurate to describe this place as darkness.

It's just-void.

This isn't a place of physical senses, but something else. An energy of the mind, with its own

ent that ebbs and flows.

As I sink deeper, initial comfort gives way to a maelstrom of emotions so intense, so raw, that I nearly lose myself in them. It's as if I'm drowning in a sea of feelings that aren't entirely my own. yet resonate within me on a primal level. I want to rage at the fleeting memory of my mate rejecting our fate.

I want to cry as I die alone, the last of my pack.

I'm suffused in wonder as my eyes open to a new life.

Panic. Longing. Frustration. Love. They crash over me, intense and impossible to control, coming and going in such fleeting moments that I can't hold my own.

As soon as I recognize a memory as not mine, it's gone, replaced by another that drowns me in

how real it feels.

chaos. Let me guide you. Focus

in the real

through the tumultuous sea. Gradually, I begin to discern a

His wolf.

I recognize it, his presence slams into me. Old memories mix with new. Selene's fury mix with her mild exasperation. Her desire

Ava.

time, the frantic energy of his wolf engulfs me, a whirlwind of recognition, joy, and desperate frustration. He knows me. He sees me as his mate, his other half. But there's

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He's half feral already.

wolf whines. Here

heart. I want to reach out, to comfort him, but I don't know

yanks at my mind, dragging it with her as we

it isn't

buffering you, she says, her mental voice strained. The hope of being reunited has incited. sort of madness in him. Just focus on

eyes closed. The wolf's emotions buffet me from all sides, each one a vivid burst of sensation. His frustration at being separated from Lucas is so intense that it's almost a physical ache, despite

then, suddenly, I hit

is truly physical in this mental landscape-but it might as well be. One moment I'm swimming through a sea of emotions, and the next, I'm brought to an abrupt halt. It's like trying to push through solid stone with my bare hands. This is it, Grimoire's voice echoes in my mind, startling me. I'd almost forgotten about him in the intensity of the experience. This

Selene, through the bond. All you need to do is weaken this place. Selene

to suddenly fixate on how his

Selene's words are calm, though

are no visual cues to ground me, no physical sensations to

presence.

for my magic, trying to summon that familiar warmth, but

exist.

can't I say, frustration building. "I can't find

speaking, but is it coming from

I can't tell.

think it might

my head.

You're just looking for it in the wrong way. It's in your very essence. Focus on your own feelings, Ava, Selene's voice cuts through the chaos. Find what's distinctly

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