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.

the airport to personally escort me to the Blackwood pack lands. I can’t let him see the turmoil raging

maintain

confrontation. My wolf paces restlessly beneath my skin, eager for blood. I clench my fists, my nails digging into my palms as I fight to keep the shift at bay.

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

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may look at other alphas with respect, but he

better than to attack another alpha.

to be done. She is not our mate yet.

with her.

that he’s unsatisfied with my reasoning, but he stops snapping for Clayton’s blood, giving me some reprieve from

all the bullshit I have to deal with in

heart.

on my sensitive nose. Sweat, perfume, fast food–it all mingles into a nauseating miasma that makes me want to gag. But beneath it all, one scent stands out, instantly

Clayton.

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wolf snarls, hackles

back, wrestling

afford to lose it now.

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

knows. He knows who Ava is

he greets, his

like gravel in my mouth. Anger flares hot in my veins, the urge

it have to be

the bitter accusations. We have more pressing

attention.

car in strained silence, the weight of unspoken words hanging heavy between us. As we pull out onto the highway, heading away from White Peak, the tension

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can’t take

my voice deceptively calm. “As soon as you

me?”

tightening

soon as I could to help here,

about it in person.”

get a chance to see her. Like he has any

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.

her, my wolf growls again, the memory of Ava’s confession ringing in my ears. He had his hands on what’s

close my eyes, fighting back the shift that threatens to overtake me, I

annrosinto you coming to

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