Chapter 183

Lucas

I’m sitting on this damn rock with the cold wind slicing through my clothes, trying to calm the storm in my chest. Being away from Aria, even for a second, feels like shit, but I gotta breathe. Ever since that talk with Sarita, my head’s been spiraling.

She sounded scared. Not just nervous, but scared. And for good reason. We got a fucking threat letter—straight from the Alpha of the Half Moon Pack. That fucking bastard said he wanted part of our territory. Like, what the hell does that even mean? That’s some real bullshit. If my dad was still a hundred percent, no one would dare pull this kind of stunt. But now he’s sick, and probably dying, and those bastards think it’s open season on my family. And I ain’t even there.

Sarita wants me to come back, take control, do the “Alpha” thing. And shit, part of me wants to. But then there’s Aria. How the hell am I supposed to leave her behind? Not here. Not with all this weird shit going on. I don’t trust any