Chapter Forty Two

While Elyssa would have preferred to ride with Zuker instead of Rita to the Ewing compound, she went with Rita. She was not surprised to see Keith and Jared downstairs either. Lucian was very sweet, and just thinking about him made her smile. Watching the cars go by, she wondered how he was doing, as she found it difficult to feel him despite their link, even though she wanted to.

Their car screeched to a stop along the quiet streets of Boulder Row, and Rita and she braced themselves. Keith cursed as he gazed out at the pack of wolves blocking their path from the passenger seat, then he unbuckled his seatbelt.

“Don’t confront them.” Elyssa interrupted him before he could step out of the car. “Who are they?”

“They are part of the resistance, Luna,” Keith said. “That tattoo on their necks is the crest.”

When Keith called her Luna, she caught Rita’s sideways glance and felt uncomfortable. Rita had d