Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted novel Chapter 145

145 Ava: Selene’s Shows

“TV?” Lucas asks, and I nod. 

“Selene likes anything on the Shifter Network.”

His hand freezes with the remote pointing at the TV. “Your dog watches TV?” he asks carefully, with a hint of laughter in his words. Like he doesn’t want to offend me with his amusement.

“She’s a basic bitch,” I say cheerfully, ignoring Selene’s mental growl.

Lucas looks at Selene, then me, then back to the TV, obediently turning it to the right channel.

One of her shows is playing, like it always is. I don’t watch it much, but I’m pretty sure there’s always a drama online, even if it’s a rerun.

Almost always. Sometimes it’s a talk show. She sounds so disgusted by that, I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing.

Lucas, meanwhile, is staring at the TV.

He’s tuned into the middle of a shifting scene, a CGI moment of a male human’s clothes bursting at the

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scams as he transforms into a wolf, complete with the sound of cracking bones and snapping flesh.

“That,” he says, “is disgusting. Shifting is beautiful, and they’ve turned it into a horror show.”

“That’s only the tip of the iceberg,” I mutter, staring at Selene, who’s ignoring our comments.

I love this episode, she sighs. He’s going to find her in the forest and she falls in love… Of course, she can’t do 

anything about it. She’s still dating that human kid 

from math class.

“Why didn’t he take his clothes off before shifting?” Lucas mutters, completely distracted. “It doesn’t look like there’s an emergency. Just destroyed his clothes for no reason. That isn’t logical. What’s he going to do when he shifts back? Just walk around naked? He’s too old to be shifting uncontrolled.”

It isn’t like naked shifters are a rare sight in any pack, but my lips quirk at his offended questions.

“Have you never watched any of these shows?”

“Never,” he confirms, his eyebrows coming together as he continues to watch the scene. “He’s small.”

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The wolf on screen is some sort of wolf–dog hybrid,

and much smaller than shifters.

Selene agrees. He is very small. 

I look at her, the fifty–pound husky with a wolf inside, but manage to keep my mental mouth shut.

Lucas settles against the couch, wrapping one arm around me as he continues to watch the train wreck on TV, where the wolf shifter stalks some human girl in the woods.

She turns at the sound of a twig snapping, and Lucas snaps, “That’s a beginner’s mistake!”

He’s a terrible hunter, Selene agrees again.

And a few moments later, Lucas has his arm up in the air. “Why would he show himself to a teenage human like that? You never know when they’re going to report you for violations against Human Survival Rights. You can’t stalk a human and expect not to be reported.”

It’s a fated connection, Selene sighs.

Funny how she adores the fated connections in

movies, but continues to give Lucas a cold shoulder.

I’ve never put that together before. I’ll have to ask her

about that.

“Are you sure your dog likes this trash?” he asks, finally turning from the screen to look at me.

I point in Selene’s direction. She’s on the floor, tail up. ears perked, completely zoned in on her show.

He shakes his head. “I know you love her, but your dog

is unusual.”

He’s always there to save her from her bullies, Selene sighs, her voice dreamy in my mind. It’s so romantic.

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