Tangled

Chapter 227

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227 Lucas: War Is Here (H)

227 Lucas: War Is Here (II)

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.

phone into my pocket, my jaw clenched tight, as I head for the large office where the Council has been meeting. My wolf paces

see Alpha Twilight Ridge already there. Her silver hair catches the light as she leans over the large map spread across the table. She looks

of her face.

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voice carrying a grim note. "A pack of

A large group of wolves was spotted

the area."

I glance over the

no news from

of the newcomers, and I feel a

mutter, frustration

nods, her expression grave. "If

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Whispering Pines wolves, Lucas, there's no going back. This will

gut. I'd never trusted the man, but this level of betrayal is more than I

Twilight Ridge asks, her keen eyes studying my face.

hair, exhaling slowly. "No," I admit. "I never trusted him, but this is beyond what I thought him capable of. I never thought he would side with Renard

her fingers tracing the border between our territories on the map. "I can't in good conscience approve a war without absolute

worn thin by days of stress and worry, snaps. "Then leave," I growl, meeting her gaze with a hard stare. "If you can't handle the blood on your hands, go. I won't wait for the Council's approval to defend my

heavy, charged with tension. Alpha Twilight Ridge holds my gaze, neither backing down nor rising to the challenge. After a long moment, she sighs, her shoulders sagging slightly. "I apologize," she says softly. "Twilight Ridge won't abandon Westwood in your time of need. We stand with

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She turns back to the map, her fingers tracing

wonder what he did to get into Alpha Talon's head. What could have

snort, the sound harsh in the quiet room. "Talon's neutrality was nothing more than a disguise for his greed for power. He's always wanted more, always been waiting for his chance.

her eyes sharp. "And you think this

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 he fails, he

growls in the back of my mind, urging action, demanding we protect what's ours. It takes effort to keep him in check, to think rationally instead of charging into

your next move, Lucas?" Alpha

to our borders, my mind working through strategies. "We wait

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