Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted novel Chapter 65

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Phoenix stops by not long after I give up talking to Jessa, letting my words germinate in her mind.”

It’s lunch, and I don’t do much, just throwing together some simple sandwiches and some vegetables that are left over from last night’s dinner.

I watch Phoenix enter the room, my heart picking up speed. He gives me a curt nod before settling into the chair across from me and Jessa. There’s a tightness around his eyes that I recognize–he’s troubled about something.

Finally, Phoenix sets his food down and leans back in his chair, his gaze flickering between Jessa and me. “I need to talk to you both about something.”

Jessa raises an eyebrow, her expression carefully neutral. “About what?”

Phoenix hesitates, and for a moment, I think he’s going to brush it off. But then he lets out a heavy sigh. “About Ava and this whole omega situation.”

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My breath catches in my throat. This is it.

“What about it?” Jessa asks, her voice sharp.

Phoenix’s jaw tightens. “I don’t like it. If Renard gets an heir out of her, everything I’ve worked for will be gone. I’ll still be beta when Dad’s gone, but I’ve worked too hard for this to go away just because Ava shoots some kid out from between her legs.”

Relief floods through me, and I have to resist the urge to reach out and take his hand. Finally, someone in this family is on my side. Well, he’s on his own side- but right now, that’s my side.

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“What do you expect us to do about it?” Jessa’s tone is dismissive, but I can see the flicker of uncertainty in her eyes.

Phoenix leans forward, his gaze intense. “If Ava isn’t here, he can’t mate her.”

Yes.

Yes.

But Jessa’s shaking her head. “Dad will just send you after her again. Don’t be stupid. We need a more permanent solution.”

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Damn it.

Hope was given life and snuffed out within a moment.

Phoenix opens his mouth, but Jessa cuts him off with a wave of her hand. “Besides, we have time. Ava hasn’t had her period yet.”

Phoenix’s brow furrows in confusion. “What does that have to do with anything?”

Jessa rolls her eyes. “It means she could have the Aspen heir in her womb, you moron. Renard won’t mate her until he knows it’s clear.”

The blood drains from my face as the realization hits me. She’s right–if I’m pregnant with Clayton’s child, Renard won’t touch me. At least, not until he can force

me to abort it.

Or until they give birth and use the baby as a pawn.

My hand drops to my stomach, and I swallow hard. Could I be…? No, it’s too soon to tell. But the thought sends a shiver of fear down my spine.

If I am pregnant, it buys me time. Time to figure out a way to escape, to get back to the Aspen Pack and Clayton. But it also means I’m carrying a child–a child

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that will be caught in the middle of this war between

packs.

to definitively prove whether I’m an omega or not. It was all speculation off my heat. I’m not an omega, and no one believes me.