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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.
me guide you. Focus on the
sort of glow that doesn't exist in the real world. Something I can see
through the tumultuous sea. Gradually, I begin to discern a pattern in the
His wolf.
presence slams into me. Old memories mix with new. Selene's fury mix with
Ava.
me from the memories. But this 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
317 Ava Mindacapa
He's half feral already.
the wolf whines. Here but not
heart. I want to reach out, to comfort him, but I don't know
yanks at my mind, dragging it with her as
rises, but it isn't as
voice strained. The hope of being reunited has incited. sort of madness in him. Just focus
through a storm with my 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 not having a body in
then, suddenly, I
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
your magic, Ava. Let it flow through you, through Selene, through the bond. All you need to do
strange to suddenly fixate on how his
now, Ava. Selene's words are calm,
this place of pure sensation. There are no visual cues to ground me,
presence.
my magic, trying to summon that familiar
exist.
can't I say, frustration building. "I can't find it.
it coming
I can't tell.
it might be
my head.
cuts through the chaos. Find what's distinctly yours
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