Tangled
Chapter 227
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227 Lucas: War Is Here (H)
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Knowing Ava is relatively safe, even if I have to rely on strangers to keep her that way, lifts a giant boulder of worry from my
shoulders, @
My wolf, of course, paces in the back of my mind, snapping at the air, frustrated with me. With her. With everything.
She's too far, he growls. We should be with her, not here.
The same complaints I've heard since I let her return to Blackwood. It's like a madness in my mind, the desire to rush to her side and drag her back home, damn the consequences.
The only reason he kept quiet during the Council's visit is because he didn't want any of those alphas near her. He's still upset over Clayton, though our wolves seemed to have reached some sort of truce between us.
The fact that Clayton's given way with such grace probably helps.
Alpha, there's another group of wolves moving in from the southwest. I've dispatched scouts to check on them, but I have a feeling that these are Whispering Pines wolves, not rogues. Ryder's voice intrudes on my musings, quieting my wolf for a moment.
Got it.
Frustrated, I rub my hands over my face. The Council had met one last time, to work over the logistics of moving forces and how to handle the distribution of our fighters and leaders to avoid conflict. Instead, Alpha Talon had come in with a declaration that the Council had overstepped, throwing a verbal bomb into the
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middle of an already volatile situation.
With the suspicious timing of multiple rogue wolf raids on my people mere hours after he denounced the Council and said his pack would no longer be a part of tyranny, we've had no rest. It's like a leaking boat, only we can't find the damn leaks.
where the Council has been meeting. My wolf paces restlessly in my mind, agitated by the distance from Ava and the looming
to see Alpha Twilight Ridge already there. Her silver hair catches the light as she leans over the large map spread across the
of her face.
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carrying a grim note. "A pack of scouts has been sent to the
group of wolves was spotted
the area."
her at the table, I glance over the map.
me. So far, no news from the Blackwood territory.
both trace the likely path of the newcomers, and I feel a growl building in my chest as
I mutter, frustration
her expression grave. "If
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be Whispering Pines wolves, Lucas, there's no going back. This will be war. This isn't just
trusted the man, but this
asks, her keen eyes
admit. "I never trusted him, but this is beyond what I thought him capable of. I never thought he would side with Renard over the established territories. It seems too risky of a move
nods, her fingers tracing the border between our territories on the map. "I can't in good conscience approve a war without absolute
with a hard stare. "If you can't handle the blood on your hands, go. I won't wait
with tension. Alpha Twilight Ridge holds my gaze, neither backing down nor rising to the challenge. After a long moment, she sighs,
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without comment. She turns back to the map,
was a cancer to shifter society," she murmurs, almost to herself. "I wonder what he
room. "Talon's neutrality was nothing more than a disguise for his greed for power. He's always wanted more, always been waiting for
her eyes sharp. "And you think this is it? His grab
racing through the possibilities. "It makes sense. With Blackwood in chaos and Westwood distracted, he probably thinks he can make a move. Expand his territory, maybe even challenge for leadership of the Council. Either that,
a risky gamble," she muses. "If
the potential reward outweighs the risk." My wolf growls in the back of my mind, urging action, demanding we protect what's ours. It takes
your next move, Lucas?" Alpha Twilight Ridge asks, breaking the
Pines to our borders, my mind
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