Chapter 175 Ava: A Wolf's Identity

If Vanessa was here, I'd love to talk to her.

Unfortunately, she's not. We're on a plane, and she's still in Blackwood, plotting on how to force answers out of my mom's wolf.

So I look at Kellan.

"If your mate kept secrets from you, even if it's for the best of reasons, in order to accomplish a goal—how would you react?"

"Furious." His answer is swift, and his eyes suspicious. "What are you up to now, Ava?"

"Nothing." Shame twists my gut as I turn back to the window. His immediate reaction is to think I'm up to something, bringing trouble to those around me.

It's not like I blame him, but the feeling I'm left with is…

Sticky. Gross. Awful.

A few days ago, I would have chafed at such a response, frustrated over Kellan treating me like an errant child.

But now?

His uneasy stare bores into the back of my head, and I rest my head against the window with a sigh. "Do you ever argue with your wolf?"

"Not anymore. I used to. Why, are you having problems with yours?"

My head snaps around faster than should be possible. "What do you mean, mine? I don't have a—"

"Yeah, yeah." Kellan leans back, closing his eyes. "You don't have a wolf. But I've seen that look on your face a thousand times. We're all shifters, Ava."

I can't help it; I touch my cheeks in confusion. "What look?"

open one eye, Kellan looks exasperated. "The look. Talking to her. You do it when you think we aren't watching, and half the time you do it out loud. You're better about it in the open, but in

Shit. Really?

didn't you

need to be reported." He rolls his shoulders, trying to get comfortable. "Some things are yours to tell. And I had no proof of my suspicion until

his guess. He

first real glimmer of

secret information," I whisper, and he makes

all of them listening to that godawful movie they put on.

from my darker thoughts by this new surprise. Overall,

"So, what's the secret?"

out of nowhere after another long period of silence, and I blink at

"What secret?"

your mate," he says impatiently. "You asked how I

No, that was

"Ava…"

believe me, and I sigh. "Vanessa sat me down for a wolves and

that at—oh." Understanding dawns

shoulder shrug, I just

peering at him from beneath the seat. I don't know if he understands that she's my wolf, but

Later, in private.

instinctual than we are. Fighting over perceived insults, tussles for dominance, doing whatever we need to do in order to win

help my situation. Selene isn't really

Am I not?

hated his wolf for a while. Said he was sick of hearing about dominance and getting into fights just because someone looked at him the wrong

smile plays around his mouth, and Kellan's face is more relaxed

away and starting a new pack.

"What did he do?"

We camped in the forest

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