Chapter 171

• Lucas POV
• Abel looked between us; his features were scrunched into confusion. "What's going on?" he asked, his hand still hovering over his phone. "Luna Vanessa, what do you need to tell me?"
• I shot my mate a warning glance, silently reminding her of everything we'd planned. All the careful preparations, the documents Kevin had procured, our strategy to throw the Alpha Council off my back—all of it rested on her cooperation. But the hardness in her eyes told me she was having second thoughts about our arrangement.