Chapter 202 Lucas: Council (I)

Alphas arguing with alphas is nothing but a waste of time.

The dregs of cold coffee stick in my throat as I set my mug down with a thud. Fuck, I'm exhausted. My eyelids feel like sandpaper against my eyes, and I rub at them with the futile hope of easing the discomfort.

Forty-eight hours.

Two damn days since I've seen the inside of my eyelids for more than a blink.

I haven't had a chance to even speak a single word with Ava. Not even a text.

It's impossible to keep her a secret forever, but without knowing how far I can trust these other alphas—bringing her into this mess is a risk I refuse to take.

The last thing I need is for the Council to push back and demand that Ava be returned to Alpha Blackwood in order to prevent any more vampire attacks.

Jericho's worries have set root in my belly, growing an entire forest of doubt and concern. He's right. Ava's not enough of a reason to breach the peace we've upheld for so long. Far longer than any of our lifetimes.

There's something else there. Something I was too blind to see. And we need to act.

Now. Before any other tragedies come to be.

The stink of unrest taints the air, setting my teeth on edge.

He's been the

our strongest ally in the Council, isn't convinced that there's a concern to the entire territory. Oh,

as simple as reinforcing our boundaries in Blackwood and Westwood. As sending a few troops of fighters to

inside my wolf, screams that

be slaughtered without a chance to fight back. We've already witnessed how easily they can invade our lands and

bold as brass, are just the beginning. A first strike in a war that can bring us all

old bastards? It's like herding cats. Suspicious, prideful, territorial cats, who'd rather bury their heads in the sand

baritone cutting through the

get this meeting back on track. We've argued enough. Alpha Westwood, state

groaning across

stalemate needs

of our defenses, of

than the first step to whatever

neutral party in Alpha Ezekial Talon of Whispering Pines. He was friend to both Xavier's Silvermoon pack and that bastard Blackwood, with his

hair with wrinkles and scars all across his face. Even so, it's a testament to his power that no alpha challenge

Xavier during my attack on Blackwood. Of course, then we had

to hear both sides of the story, refusing to take sides in a

neutrality is

waiting to see what benefits his pack the most,

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