Tangled

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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.

the large office where the Council has been meeting. My wolf paces restlessly in my mind, agitated by the distance from Ava

she leans over the large map spread across the table. She looks up, greeting me with a polite nod, but I can see the exhaustion etched into the

of her face.

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her voice carrying a grim note. "A pack of

group of wolves was

the area."

at the table, I glance over the

far, no news from the

the familiar landmarks, we both trace the likely path of the newcomers, and

mutter, frustration coloring

her

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Lucas, there's no going back. This will be war. This isn't just a

and the duplicity of Alpha Talon burns in my gut. I'd never trusted the man,

you expect this?" Alpha Twilight Ridge asks, her keen eyes studying my face. "Alpha

him, but this is beyond what I thought him capable of. I

good conscience approve a war without absolute proof that he's behind

patience, already 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

the challenge. After a long moment, she

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turns back to the

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

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

me, her eyes sharp. "And you think this is it? His

distracted, he probably thinks he can make a move. Expand his territory, maybe even challenge for

gamble," she muses. "If he fails, he loses

had," I counter. "For someone like Talon, 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 effort to keep him in check, to think rationally instead

next move, Lucas?" Alpha Twilight Ridge asks, breaking the

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

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