Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 459

Chapter 459: Lucas: Mastermind

Chapter 459: Lucas: Mastermind

LUCAS

A flash of fire erupts across the battlefield, and we snap our attention toward the source. Lisa stands with her magitech brace extended, her face fierce with concentration as a vampire falls back.

Kellan’s mate is more than just talk. Good to know.

Magister Orion extends his hand, and the same vampire’s head explodes.

Huh. Ava can really choose her friends.

Another vampire lunges at us, teeth bared. Aurum drives his shoulder into the creature’s abdomen. The momentum carries us to the ground, but we’re on top, pinning it with our weight.

Aurum drives our claws deep into his chest before ripping his heart out with a strong snap of his jaws. Bone and organ come out together. Bloodsuckers might be strong, but their bone density isn’t any different than an average human’s.

But Aurum’s bite has far more force than the average shifter, thanks to his alpha bloodline.

Something else is here, my wolf says, his hackles up as he bounds to the next victim, knocking down a vamp with an arm through one of an unshifted wolf’s chest.

Justin slides to the ground, eyes already glazed in death. But there’s no time to mourn in battle.

Something’s watching. Something powerful.

A chill crawls across my skin despite the heat of combat. I trust Aurum’s instincts without question, but I don’t sense what he does.

Stay together,

I call out through the pack link, but orders can only do so much at this stage.

There. Aurum turns his head to the eastern edge of the clearing. I can smell it.

A figure stands, watching the carnage from a safe distance. Tall. Despite the cold, he’s dressed in a suit, his shirt bloody and torn and one of his pants legs ripped clean off.

His face is unnaturally beautiful, and silver hair flows over his shoulders. Vampire, obviously.

He’s smiling.

he says, his voice somehow

presence hums in my bones. Aurum growls, teeth

strangled sound of pain behind me; Lisa. As expected,

widens. "There

Kellan says, sounding as close to panicked as I’ve ever heard him. Even when

with a faint red light. "I suggest

gestures lazily. From the trees emerge more vampires—dozens of

mutters. He’s come up behind

Aurum observes

slices through the noise. The vampire crooks a finger and

his anguish overpowering his pain as he speaks through our link. She’s

hair shifts colors, from silver to black, as his eyes glaze and lips curl with rapture. "Come to me,

"Never."

bolt of fire flies toward him, only to dissipate midair. It misses me by mere centimeters, leaving my skin with the memory of

only half alive. I can’t spare the time to look back and see if she’s okay; I leave her care to

his hands. "He

the snow crimson. We’ve reached a strange stalemate. Wounded vampires

gone, but none have lost their will

despite the odds we’re facing. "The spell I’m preparing won’t discriminate between friend

flicks his ears to

to him. No one else’s clothes flutter, and there’s no breeze; it’s eerie. Some strange vampire magic, I presume, though

stay tight, I command. Break formation and you

rolls in from

still high as he prowls. Two paces toward Orion. Then three paces toward Clayton. Back and forth, fighting the urge to rush toward our

mate for too long. I want to feel his blood on my tongue, rip his skin with my teeth. Crack and crush his bones with the

the tight control I’ve been maintaining, letting my alpha

rises in response. Not challenging, but defensive. He’s using his own alpha aura as a shield, wrapping it around his Aspen wolves. Smart. I can sense the slight resistance where our energies meet, but we’re aligned in

eyebrows lift. "Oh? You’re an

makes another strangled sound. I can’t look back to check on her,

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