Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

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Chapter 62 Ava: Homecoming (IV)

This is insane.

This can't be happening.

My feet carryfrom one end of my room to the other as | pace, nibbling ferociously on a nail as I think.

Alpha Renard's sons have all died. I'm not sure on the circumstances of the first two, but the third one died a few

years ago in a skirmish with rogue wolves. He's had no success in bearing a new child, with no pregnancy

making it to the end—so Phoenix was brought in as the alpha heir, due to his alpha level of strength.

But, from what I've heard, the alpha still has multiple lovers. Dad and Phoenix have talked about how Phoenix

cannot walk with arrogance in the pack, because Alpha Renard is still seeking to create a new heir.

It's an open secret within the pack, but I've never spent tthinking about it before.

Now, | am, and the implications makewant to vomit.

He knows I'm an omega by birth. If that's so, isn't my ability to carry a baby to term much better than that of

other she-wolves? Wouldn't it be easier forto get pregnant? The omega designation is not given to the

weakest in our pack—though they are—but to the ones mated off for the purposes of bearing pups.

He'd already planned forto mate with more than one of our warriors. Now, is he on that list with them?

Or has he taken over the list?

It doesn't matter; neither option makes it okay.

No wonder Todd and his cronies kept their hands off me. Alpha Renard's intentions are already known.

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I'd never once thought that my own pack would know about these rumors.

The sound of feet stomping through the hall hastwirling, facing the door in a defensive posture, hands up

and ready.

But it's just Phoenix.

He looksover with a slight curl of his lip, as though my attempt at self-defense is laughable, before twirling

I land with a thud, my head slamming into the wall and my knee into my bedframe. Shit. That hurt.

When I roll over, Phoenix sits on my leg and pinsdown with a hand to my shoulder.

| stare up at Phoenix in shock as he looms over me, his expression twisted with a mix of anger and something

else | can't quite place. The weight of his body pinsin place, and for a terrifying moment, | think he might

actually hurt me.

"What the hell, Phoenix?"

He growls low in his throat, a rumbling sound that sends a shiver down my spine. "Calm down, Ava. I'm not going

to hurt you."

Despite everything, | believe him.

| relax a little, aware of the tension radiating from his body. He's not here to hurt me, but something is clearly

wrong. My body goes limp against the mattress as | stare up at him, waiting.

Phoenix studiesfor a long moment, his eyes searching mine. "You have a wolf, don't you?"

"No." I'll die before admitting it.

"Then how did you go into heat?"

"I don't know. They assumed | had a wolf, but | have none. You think I'd be here if I didn't? | would have shifted

and run."

My words have an effect, because he lets go, lettingsit up. | thrash my leg until he shifts over, no longer

parking his ass on it.

"Cut your shit and tellthe truth. Are you really an omega?" he asks, his voice tight.

My heart stutters in my chest as the realization hits me. Phoenix is worried about losing his status as the alpha

heir. If Renard manages to getpregnant, any child | bear would take precedence over Phoenix.

Then why did he bringhere?

"No," | say, because it's the truth. There's no way he's going to scent any deception from that.

A flicker of hope ignites deep in my heart. Can | use this to my advantage? If Phoenix seesas a threat to his

position, maybe | can leverage that to secure my safety.

But | can't push too hard.

He's still loyal. He broughthere, knowing | can be the one to ruin his position in the pack.

"I don't know why they keep saying I'm an omega," | say, looking away and holding my arm. | let sof my

fear cout, my body shivering as | think of the things Alpha Renard is planning. "Alpha Renard is the one who

wantedto beca breeder. That's why | ran."

Well, it's one of the reasons.

"How did you know that?"

"Todd told me, when he..." | duck my head further, my heart pounding. Please, Phoenix. Please have just a little

bit of that sweet big brother left in you, even for your defect sister.

Phoenix grunts. "Figures."

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My body continues to shake, and | tell Phoenix sof the truth of my twith the Aspen pack, along with

plenty of lies. | don't mention Selene. | go along with the premise that Clayton forcedduring my heat. | tell

him that | just wanted to be away from all shifters and live a quiet life, and the heat con unexpectedly.

All true. Technically.

But | also tell him about how frustrated | am because | have no wolf, and have had to lie and pretend during my

tin the Aspen pack.

| paint a picture of innocence and ignorance, and how Todd was the reason | couldn't handle the idea of life as a

breeder. | downplay our family dynamics.

Phoenix looks thoughtful at times, impassive at others. I'm not sure how much he believes. I'm not sure what he

thinks.

Pain splinters through my knee when he reaches over to grab it, his fingers flexing with whatever emotion he's

holding back. "You'd better hope you can't breed," he growls. "Because if Renard gets his claws into you, your life

is over."

But is he saying that because he's worried about me?

Or is he saying that for himself?

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