Tangled
Chapter 43
44 Lucas: Shocking Return
44 Lucas: Shocking Return
LUCAS
The highway flies by in a blur of white lines and
endless pine forests as I grip the steering wheel tightly with one hand, the other holding a cigarette I
shouldn’t be having. I quit smoking a long time ago, but the past forty–eight hours have been hell.
I didn’t get to see Ava for a couple days after flying out when I got the news that our scout was murdered, his body hanging between the Blackwood and Westwood territories. I don’t even know what Ava thought of my note taped to her dining table, explaining that I’d be back as soon as I could.
Is she grateful I’m not there? Or is she missing me?
My cell phone is pressed between my ear and shoulder while I shout into it in between puffs of the
cancer–causing burn stick I’ve been craving for the past twenty miles,
“I don’t give a flying fuck, Kellan,” I growl, cutting off his protest. “I’m not leaving Washington for the next three days, so don’t even fucking think about calling
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me back there.”
“Lucas, come on. The Blackwoods-”
“Aren’t going to do anything first.” My jaw clenches as I take a sharp turn, tires screeching. “You know they’re trying to bait us into the first move. We have no proof the Blackwoods killed him. Until we do, we can’t do shit. And since we can’t do shit, I need to see Ava.”
“You’re playing a dangerous game, Alpha.” Kellan’s sigh crackles through the speaker. “If Blackwood finds out you’re sniffing around Grey’s daughter…”
“He’ll what? Start a war?” I let out a harsh laugh. “He won’t alienate his allies. He’s hoping they’ll help him when the war comes. He won’t take the first step.”
“It changes everything and you know it.”
I can practically hear Kellan’s disapproved frown. He’s been frustrated, saying my obsession with Ava keeps me too far from the pack and the issues going on
there.
He’s not wrong, but nothing is more important than
my mate.
need to bring her home. Once I
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fall into place.
to make things right with her, Kell.” My voice softens as I picture Ava’s face, those wide blue eyes that so easily sucker–punch me with so many feelings. “I’m finally making progress.
doesn’t want you
the possibility. Ava and I are meant to be together. I can feel
say firmly. “I’ll make her see.”
asshole,” but I choose to ignore it. He doesn’t have a fated mate connection. He doesn’t understand the pull between
she’s near.
jeans. I shift uncomfortably, trying to adjust myself without taking my hands off the wheel. It’s been months since I last touched her,
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soft skin under my fingers and tasted
on my
beneath me, writhing and moaning as I claim every inch of her body. I want to bury myself inside her tight heat and make
hover over her. I’d take my time with her, worshipping every curve and valley until she’s trembling with need. And when
on the gas pedal, urging the car to go faster. I need to get to Ava now, before I combust from the sheer force of
into the phone, not waiting for Kellan’s response before I end the call
Cedarwood” sign flashes by in my peripheral
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in my gut. I’m so close now, just a few more miles until I’m at Ava’s doorstep, ready to grovel at
home. All that
a wolfish grin to my face as I
come.
scanning the cozy interior for any sign of Ava. The scent of coffee and old books usually brings a sense of
Where is she?
eye from
grim expression. I make my way to her, dodging the mid–morning rush of
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her voice
seat.”
body tense as I perch on the edge of
her. “That’s what I was hoping you could tell me. She hasn’t shown up for work in the past couple
clenches painfully in my chest. Ava’s missing. I leave on pack business
leave on her own?
is it something
her? Those assholes have
her, like they finally realized what they lost.
don’t know where she is,” I admit, my voice rough. “I’ve been out of town for a few days. Fuck, I should have
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