Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 428

Chapter 428: Lucas: Pip (I)

LUCAS

If there's a button in the snow, there's a reason for it.

But there's still no hint of oncoming attack, leaving us all on edge. Is this another sick prank of the vampires? Lead us on a merry chase with nothing at the end, time and time again, until we become complacent and lazy?

Months of chasing empty leads has proven we won't fall for that tactic.

Fall back. I send out the command just as the air shimmers in front of me and a young girl falls about five feet to the ground with a curse.

"Dammit, they can at least calculate the coordinates properly," she mutters, pushing herself to stand.

She's a tiny thing, with short purple hair, wearing black jeans, a tight black shirt, and a lot of chains. There's one from her belt loop into her pocket, another from her shoulder to her belt, one from her wrist to her elbow—it's a strange aesthetic.

The growls of my pack echo. Vester takes point, hackles raised and teeth bared in a vicious snarl as he approaches the strange girl. Her scent carries traces of magic, but nothing like what we tracked here.

The girl's head snaps up from where she's been brushing snow off her black jeans. Her eyes widen, and the color drains from her face.

"Oh, Royal King, I'm so fucked."

The chains on her outfit jingle as she takes a step back. Her pulse races, the sound clear even from this distance. She's terrified.

Her ears are pointed under all that purple.

Fae, then.

feel his

threat!" she blurts out, holding up her hands. A book falls to the ground, but she's too scared to pick it back up, her eyes darting from one wolf to

perimeter, their golden eyes fixed on our unexpected visitor. Someone wanted us to

and reforming as I return to human

Quick

No.

eyes widen as she looks below my waist, then she covers them with her hands, nearly slapping herself with the frantic movement. "Oh, sir. No. I'm not here for

me. Almost. The situation doesn't call for humor,

pants. The fabric scratches against my skin as I slip them on, still watching the girl. Her hands remain firmly

half-frozen against the snow, but I don't expect to be human for

are you, and why are you

"C-Can

"Yes."

drops her hands with a relieved sigh. "I'm Pip. Just Pip. And I really wasn't supposed to land here. Or now. Or in front

"Why are you here?"

Her shoulders slump. "But someone messed with the coordinates. Again. They always do this to me, you know? 'Oh, let's send the newbie, she won't mind if we're off by a few miles.' Except they're never off by just a few miles, and now

We could, Aurum suggests.

My voice sharpens. "Who

a place. I don't think I'm supposed to tell you about it,

and

"Okay, I'll tell."

She's easy.

bunch of vamps who refused to work with the New Order. They're working with a bunch of… uh, you guys, I guess. Maybe not you guys. I don't know if you're friends with those ones.

stops in the middle of talking, looking

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