Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 227

Chapter 227 Lucas: War Is Here (II)

Knowing Ava is relatively safe, even if I have to rely on strangers to keep her that way, lifts a giant boulder of worry from my shoulders.

My wolf, of course, paces in the back of my mind, snapping at the air, frustrated with me. With her. With everything.

She's too far, he growls. We should be with her, not here.

The same complaints I've heard since I let her return to Blackwood. It's like a madness in my mind, the desire to rush to her side and drag her back home, damn the consequences.

The only reason he kept quiet during the Council's visit is because he didn't want any of those alphas near her. He's still upset over Clayton, though our wolves seemed to have reached some sort of truce between us.

The fact that Clayton's given way with such grace probably helps.

Alpha, there's another group of wolves moving in from the southwest. I've dispatched scouts to check on them, but I have a feeling that these are Whispering Pines wolves, not rogues. Ryder's voice intrudes on my musings, quieting my wolf for a moment.

Got it.

Frustrated, I rub my hands over my face. The Council had met one last time, to work over the logistics of moving forces and how to handle the distribution of our fighters and leaders to avoid conflict. Instead, Alpha Talon had come in with a declaration that the Council had overstepped, throwing a verbal bomb into the middle of an already volatile situation.

With the suspicious timing of multiple rogue wolf raids on my people mere hours after he denounced the Council and said his pack would no longer be a part of tyranny, we've had no rest.

It's like a leaking boat, only we can't find the damn leaks.

I shove my phone into my pocket, my jaw clenched tight, as I head for the large office where the Council has been meeting. My wolf paces restlessly in my mind, agitated by the distance from Ava and the looming threats.

see Alpha Twilight Ridge already there. Her silver hair catches the light as she leans over the large map spread across the table.

voice carrying a grim note. "A pack of scouts has been sent to the southwest, near the human territories.

map. "My Delta's informed me. So far, no news from the Blackwood territory. It's suspiciously

both trace the likely path of the newcomers, and I feel

Pines," I mutter, frustration coloring my

"If they're confirmed to be Whispering Pines wolves, Lucas, there's no going

my gut. I'd never trusted the man, but

asks, her keen eyes studying my face.

"No," I admit. "I never trusted him, but this is beyond what I thought him capable of. I never

the border between our territories on the map. "I can't in good conscience approve a war without absolute proof that he's behind these rogue attacks, Lucas. We need to be

hard stare. "If you can't handle the blood on your hands, go. I won't wait for the Council's approval to defend

follows is heavy, charged with tension. Alpha Twilight Ridge holds my gaze, neither backing down nor rising

softly. "Twilight Ridge won't abandon Westwood in your

accepting her words without comment. She turns back to the map, her fingers tracing

a cancer to shifter society," she murmurs, almost to herself. "I wonder what he did to get into Alpha Talon's

room. "Talon's neutrality was nothing more than a disguise for his greed for power. He's always wanted more, always

Ridge looks at me, her eyes sharp. "And you think this is

in chaos and Westwood distracted, he probably thinks he can make a move. Expand his territory, maybe

muses. "If he fails, he loses

I counter. "For someone like Talon,

wolf growls in the back of my mind, urging action, demanding we protect what's ours. It takes effort to keep him in check,

Alpha Twilight

Talon's wolves, we move to intercept them before they can breach

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