Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 397

Chapter 397 Ava: How Long...?

"They'll blame the late president," Kellan says simply. "He's an easy scapegoat. We haven't heard a full list of casualties, but I'm sure very few of his team have been left alive. It'll be easy, and people are desperate. There are already videos of trucks on the road and helicopters landing in Los Angeles and New York. Once they get the aid they desperately need…"

"They're not going to care about the truth as much," Lucas finishes grimly.

A chill creeps through my bones as I watch the screen, and I rub my arms, somehow far colder now than I have been at any point this winter. "Is there any chance the government is actually fighting back against whoever did all of this? That maybe this is legitimate?"

The silence in the tent tells me how naive it is to even hold such a hope. Lucas's arm tightens around my waist, and Kellan's face hardens into stone. Even Vanessa's usual gentle expression turns grim.

"Look at their positioning," Lucas says calmly. "The vampire stands closest to Collins. That's not an accident."

My stomach turns as I study the footage again. "Maybe. Or that just happens to be where he's standing."

I'm not trying to argue, but just holding out that slim thread of hope that our enemies haven't taken over the freaking White House. But it's a weak and flimsy wish. The kind toddlers might beg of while praying to a shooting star.

Nothing but a fairy tale dream.

"Has to be." Kellan reaches over Vanessa and taps the screen where another figure lurks in the shadows. "See that one? Bet it's a thrall."

"How can you tell?"

"I don't know. Just looks like one."

about thralls, but I have to admit that it just feels like

of government. This is what they've been working on. This is

makes my heart ache. "The timing

entire body stiff. "And the previous administration conveniently eliminated. Not only that, they have access to all the information and data alphas

highly regulated

"No."

goodness," the

The question comes out harsher than I mean for it to, and

he's clearly trying to keep

eyes narrowed as he thinks. "Social media's back up. People will share anything strange they see. One wrong photo, one video of wolves in

for moving soldiers

have a stockpile. This is what we've been

unfolds." Lucas' voice carries that edge of authority that means his mind is made up. "We

the situation even further. "Do you

be hunting down any supernatural who refuses to fall in line

Westwood is accepted by the government. We're part

with exhaustion. "Think about it. What's to stop Blackwood from painting us as the aggressors? We

attacked

their

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