Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 429

Chapter 429: Lucas: Pip (II)

LUCAS

Pip is terrified, but she has answers. Answers we need.

Acting like a bully to a child isn't on my top list of things I wanted to do today, but there are too many lives at stake.

My feet sink into crusted snow as I step toward the tiny Fae. Her purple hair stands out against the white backdrop, making her look even more fragile as she cowers, crouching low with her hands over her head.

She thinks she's going to die.

Forgive me, Moon Goddess.

My fingers close around her throat, lifting her to eye level. Her feet dangle, chains jingling. "Choose a side. Now."

Pip's face turns red, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her hands clutch at my wrist, but she's too weak to break free. The sound of her sobbing pierces the air, and my stomach turns.

Aurum growls inside my head. He has no sympathy for those he's deemed the enemy, even a child.

A child who could get our entire pack killed.

But the sight of her crying, the way her tiny body trembles—this isn't what an alpha should do. This isn't what a leader should be, a bully of children.

"The New Order," I say, keeping my voice steady despite my disgust at myself. "What are they?"

Pip's sobs quiet. She blinks at me through wet lashes, her expression shifting from terror to... confusion. Her eyebrows scrunch together as she sniffles again.

"It's the New Order." She says it like I've asked her what color the sky is. Like the answer should be obvious.

My grip tightens slightly, until I remember she's just a kid. Maybe a hundred-year-old kid, but the visual's still there. "That's not an answer."

the New Order. Everyone knows

"Explain."

chains rattle with each shaky breath, but my hand stays at her throat—a warning rather than a threat

apocalypse and threatened everyone with more if they didn't submit. They're everywhere." Despite her fear, there's a faint condescension in her words as

a lot of sass for someone who genuinely

sounds as if he's ready to eat her on command, though; not sympathetic or

I demand, ignoring her

up a little higher. Maybe she realizes questioning our ignorance

do

hard against my grip. "They're tired of the

you work

resist. We don't follow

eyes narrow. Considering the situation, it's hard to believe she wouldn't be part of this New Order. "And what

has to be

registration, hierarchical control—so, this New Order is

voice wavers despite her attempt at bravado. Her

settles into my bones. "Why were you

snapping away. Every time she looks at Vester, she flinches. The chains on her

She swallows hard. "Are you friends with

image of Jericho's empty wheelchair

"Yes."

pride that straightens her

hits us both—this child

an emergency system. But

button. My boot sweeps

across her face. Her brows knit together, confusion replacing her earlier fear.

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