Tangled

Chapter 93

93 Lucas: With Clayton

93 Lucas: With Clayton

LUCAS

Challenge him. Rip him apart.

My wolf’s snarling has occupied the majority of my short flight to White Peak, getting closer to the man who’s tasted my mate in ways that he never should

have.

My phone’s off, because I don’t know what I’ll do if he

calls.

The primal part of me is incensed, wanting to sink my teeth into his throat and tear it out, savoring every drop of the blood that spurts, content in knowing his soul has departed this world.”

But the rest of me recognizes that Clayton is my friend and ally.

What am I supposed to do with all these fucking feelings tripping me up inside? Having Ava back is supposed to make everything easier. Make things simple.

In my absence, will she begin to doubt my words?

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If she sees Clayton, would she choose me over him?

I don’t have that confidence.

The fated bond between us is my only advantage. That, and the distance I can maintain between her and the

alpha I trust with the honor of my entire pack.

I can never let her return to Cedarwood.

There’s no way in hell I’ll lose the little advantage I

have.

plane touches down, I take a deep breath, trying to center myself. I know Clayton will be waiting at the airport to personally escort me to the Blackwood pack lands. I can’t let him see the turmoil raging inside me.

to maintain

like a countdown to an inevitable confrontation. My wolf paces restlessly beneath my skin, eager for blood. I clench my fists, my nails digging into

is ours. No

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than competition. My wolf may look at other

usually knows better than to

be done. She is not our mate yet. We can’t piss her off if

with her.

but he stops snapping for

the bullshit

heart.

fast food–it all mingles into a nauseating miasma that makes me want to gag. But beneath

Clayton.

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my wolf snarls, hackles raising.

growl back, wrestling my primal side

We can’t afford to lose it

But as our eyes meet, I can see it in his face, in the tense set of

knows. He knows who Ava is to

greets, his

name feeling like gravel in my mouth. Anger flares hot in my veins, the urge to lash out, to demand answers, nearly

her? Why did it have

more pressing matters to attend to. The Blackwood situation demands our

attention.

make our way to the car in strained silence, the weight of unspoken words hanging heavy between us. As we pull out onto the

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take it anymore.

I ask, my voice deceptively calm. “As soon as you

me?”

sighs, his grip tightening on

soon as I could to

it in

the face. Like he isn’t here to get a chance to see

time, hasn’t he? There’s no point trying to assign ulterior motives to

Ava’s confession ringing in my ears. He had

threatens to overtake me, I can’t

you coming to haln

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