Chapter 293: Revelation on the road...
Lyla
I shifted in Ramsey's lap, my lips never leaving his as his hands gripped my waist. The leather seats of the car creaked beneath us with each movement. After the events at Golden Gates—the healing, the ferals, the revelations—we'd fallen into this strange, intense connection that neither of us could resist.
"We should be there in about two hours," Lenny called from the driver's seat, his voice deliberately loud.
We ignored him. I tangled my fingers in Ramsey's hair as he trailed kisses down my neck. The ring on my finger caught the sunlight streaming through the window, sending tiny rainbow prisms dancing across the car's interior.
His hand grabbed my breast, smoothening my peeking nipples with his thumb. I moan and move against him, loving how his tent was pressing hotly underneath me. Our lips met again, tangling in desperation as we suckled on each other as if there was nectar.
From the front seat came another, low, irritated growl.
Ramsey and I reluctantly broke apart, both breathing heavily. I glanced toward the front, meeting Lenny's annoyed gaze in the rearview mirror.
"What's wrong?" Ramsey asked, his voice still husky.
Lenny's eyes narrowed. "What both of you are doing is very gross. Can you not?" He gripped the steering wheel tighter. "At least with me in the car."
Heat flushed my cheeks, and I shifted away from Ramsey, smoothing my rumpled blouse. "I'm so sorry, Lenny."
Ramsey cleared his throat, adjusting his position to something more dignified befitting a Lycan Leader. "You're just jealous."
"I'm trying to drive without crashing," Lenny muttered.
A slightly awkward silence fell over the car. Ramsey reached for my hand, interlacing our fingers, a compromise between the intimacy we craved and the modesty Lenny demanded.
"You were supposed to pick us up yesterday," Ramsey said, changing the subject. "What held you up?"
Lenny sighed heavily, his broad shoulders tensing under his leather jacket. "The White Mountain Region has been getting an unusual number of visitors since yesterday. Since you weren't around, I had to handle things."
"Visitors?" Ramsey and I echoed simultaneously.
"Is it ferals?" Ramsey asked, instantly alert. "Did they attack again?"
the Temple. Though Templenaged to control them, the memory of their savagery
his head, eyes fixed on the winding mountain
do you mean then?" Ramsey's voice had taken on the authoritative tone he used
South. Their deaths caused panic among their pack members, and a lot of them fled
and I exclaimed
drain from my face. "All
"They confronted Nathan about his alliance with the Dark One and refused to attack Golden Gates. Apparently, he transformed
he couldn't have devised all the thoughts himself.
whispered. "It has to
my hand. "Tell us everything, Lenny. Don't
recent actions. They refused to participate in the attack on Golden Gates, saying it violated ancient codes. Nathan—or whatever is controlling him—flew into
expression grim.
the first to stand against Nathan," Lenny continued. "His throat was torn out before he could
mental image. "What about the other
to Nathan out of fear," Lenny
Ramsey said bitterly. "Nathan's made
The forests of Golden Gates had given way to the rockier terrain of White Mountain, familiar peaks looming in
remembering Ramsey's almost-engagement.
exchanged a glance in the
is annoyed. The thing is, a lot of elders support the union, and that's why he's flexing disobedience. Plus, since you had them released from their confinement, those old elders are beginning to
settled in my chest. "Nathan mentioned wanting Ramsey to marry Cassidy to unlock some
Nathan – it was Xander, clearly. Who knows who he's trying to
after a Lycan Pack single-handedly?" Lenny looked at me
Ramsey said, though uncertainty tinged his voice. "And Cassidy is no
Five Core Alphas," I
with the weight of possibilities none of
after a moment, his voice lower. "Damien Renwick brought something
snapped up.
Jeremy of
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