Tangled

Chapter 15

15 Ava: Settling In (I)

Waking up with a dog is both better and worse than waking to an alarm.

Selene starts with a cute little nose bumping against my hand. Then a head burrowing beneath it. Then her entire body on mine, as her dog breath–which smelled particularly fishy–assaults my nose.

She finishes it off with a low, mournful howl, and I

open my eyes with a groan. “I’m up. I’m up. Come on, Selene. You couldn’t let me sleep for fifteen more

minutes?”

Her huff sounds a lot like you slept for six hours, you’ll

be fine to me, but I rub her ears and roll out of bed anyway, only to screech a few seconds later when something sharp tries to murder my foot.

“Shit! Ow, ow, ow. Fuck. Oh, my God. I’m dying. Holy shit.” I fall back onto the bed and check the bottom of

my foot. Only a little bleeding where something sharp broke the skin, and a nice big scratch. I grab my glasses and peered at the floor, shocked to see a purple crystal there.

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Selene must have gotten into something overnight, because that was not there last night.

I shoot her a dark look. “This is the thanks I get for giving you a home?”

My sweet little husky just tilts her head, staring at me like I’m stupid, and I sigh, tossing the crystal onto my night stand. For a second, I feel a tingle on my

fingertips, but when I grab it again and hold it in my palm, there’s nothing.

Weird.

that ever–present aching pain in my chest seems subdued, almost as if there’s some sort of

Dad always said

not.

gold encasing one tip of the long crystal, as if it is meant to hang off a chain. I spin the crystal around, lifting it to the light to admire its

neck.

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and I rush Selene out the door, telling her to find a place to potty as I get dressed in record time. She’s at my door again by the time I

sign on the door has my pace slowing, before I stop, staring slack–jawed at

the door.

facilitate bonding with your new dog and to rest from your workaholic tendencies. Don’t worry, we’ve got everything covered. HAVE

few days that I can’t stop

do have their human emotions

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disconnect from that.

opens, holding up a hand to stop my torrent of mild

my mouth opens and closes as all my arguments

with her ears back and her

I sigh.

I’m going to hate every second

rest.”

possible, grew wider. “We figured. Martha said it’s paid time off,

open my mouth, then close it again.

face. “Oh.

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or something. But Mrs. Martha says fur babies are still babies,

doors doesn’t fit

we can just… go home?” Because what else am I going to do? I could go hiking, but I don’t know the area. With my luck, I’d get

moment that

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