Chapter 22

Lucas

I stride down the hallway with Lily keeping pace beside me. Honestly, I have no idea what we’re supposed to be looking for…Goddess knows, but I don’t care. My mind’s somewhere else.

Or rather, on someone else.

Aria.

And that bastard, Ethan.

I can’t stand the thought of him being anywhere near her. Leaving her alone with him feels like handing her over to a damn snake. If he so much as breathes wrong in her direction, I swear I’ll kill him. No hesitation. That fucking bastard doesn’t deserve to be in the same room as her.

“Alpha Lucas, are you even listening?” Lily’s voice cuts through my haze, yanking me back to reality.

“What?” I blink and glance at her.

She pouts, her blue eyes doing that fluttery thing that I guess is supposed to be cute. “You haven’t said anything about the clue. Where are we going?”

I roll my eyes, trying not to groan. “Sorry, puzzles aren’t really my thing.”

“Let me see,” she says, holdin