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“You’re positive?”
My still–smoldering cigarette is crushed into oblivion within the crystal ash tray, along with twenty of its kin. Smoke is an intrusive guest within the cramped room, swirling around the heads of both deltas standing before me.
Cheap motel rooms aren’t meant to house three large wolf shifter males, but it is what it is.
“Positive,” Ryder reports, cool as a fucking cucumber despite how much is riding on tonight.
The decision to invade Blackwood wasn’t made lightly. Most of the pack fought against the decision, until two more scouts were found dead at the border.
And, most importantly, a witness.
That one was alive, though.
“Council won’t move until we bring the official
petition,” Ryder continues, flipping through the notes
in front of him. “Even so, Silvermoon forces near the
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border are confirmed and ready if we call for aid.”
The chair creaks beneath my weight as I lean back, but surprisingly manages to stay together. “With this act of war, Council will have lost its authority, anyway.”
My deltas say nothing. There isn’t much to say–the fact that an alpha is willing to say as much is far beyond their pay grade. Silvermoon has allied with Westwood, and Aspen as well, though Clayton seems to be busy hunting down his own missing mate. It’s an epidemic, and I’m positive it’s all been orchestrated by the Blackwoods to weaken the packs. @
Swaying the chair from side to side, I glance at the ceiling, thinking in between rhythmic creaks. “Ryder, head to Silvermoon. I’ll contact you if we need the reinforcements. Vester, stay with us. You’ll head off any runners from the south. Our goal is to cut off Blackwood’s head today. I don’t want this war going on for years.”
“Understood.”
Lighting another cigarette, I inhale deeply, letting the harsh smoke fill my lungs before exhaling a plume into the stale air. My deltas are on edge, too, but they wait
for my dismissal.
on my mind. My elusive mate has been sighted at her family home, under guard at all times. Further, that idiot alpha brought in an
his territory.
our own could be that level of stupid. We know better than to consort with
we’ve set forth in order to live
humans.
dumbass. He has little connection with
is nothing to someone
their lands.
and the witness
we finally have
reason for war. Reasons that will
rebuilt in the aftermath, even as
declare it without
that shit. I can’t risk
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her from me.
was ridiculously easy to slide under his radar, avoiding his scouts and settling all my wolves into a city near the heart of his pack lands. They have no presence in the human
with them.
into have been dominated with ease. No alpha worth their rank would have allowed so many to settle in these human towns, and yet Blackwood has done so, leaving threats within his border without
Sheer arrogance.
be his downfall tonight.
but I’m grateful for it.
fueled by the thought of her being
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choose me… But I’m not stupid. I can’t force it. If I have to,
it’s safe and woo her there.
arms. But a part of me bristles at the thought of storming Blackwood lands like some mindless barbarian. There has to be a better way–a surgical strike to
fingers drum against the armrest, a steady rhythm matching the thump of my heart. Renard Blackwood is a sly old bastard, that much is certain. He wouldn’t keep Ava
of others knowing more about her than me,
in my chest, and my wolf snaps at the air in my mind.
wants his mate
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plans need to change.
his shoulders. “Prepare a small team–no more than five. We’re going in quiet, just you
but they know I have a short fuse when it comes to my mate. “You want to go in alone? With all due respect, alpha, that’s a hell of a
invasion will only endanger her further. This has to be clean, precise. In and out before Blackwood
we can proceed
this world.”
exchanges a glance with Vester, but both nod in reluctant agreement. They know the lengths I’ll go to
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