Tangled

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.

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

maintain

I take through the terminal feels like a countdown to an inevitable confrontation. My wolf paces restlessly beneath my

my wolf growls. She is ours. No one else can

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Clayton is nothing more than competition. My wolf may look at other alphas with respect, but

better than to attack another alpha.

is not our mate yet. We can’t

with her.

but he stops snapping

dealing with Blackwood was easier than all the bullshit I have to deal with in my head and

heart.

on my sensitive nose. Sweat, perfume, fast food–it all mingles into a nauseating miasma that makes

Clayton.

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our mate, my wolf snarls, hackles raising. He needs to pay.

it, I growl back, wrestling my

afford to lose

But as our eyes meet, I can see it in his

knows who Ava is to me.

greets, his

hot in my veins, the urge to lash out, to demand answers,

did it have to be her?

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

attention.

the weight of unspoken words hanging heavy between us. As we pull out onto

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take it

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

me?”

tightening on the steering

myself. I came as soon as I could to help here, because I felt we would need to

about it

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

bitch, just won’t stop. Clayton really is here to help. He’s been helping this entire time, hasn’t he? There’s no point trying to assign ulterior motives to his actions. We can’t get past this situation if I’m going to be like this.

the memory of Ava’s confession ringing in my ears. He had his

that threatens to overtake me,

coming to haln with Blackwood”

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