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.

almost as if there’s some sort of barrier between

Dad always said it was

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

neck.

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I

sign on the door has my

the door.

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

in these past few days that I can’t stop attributing human emotions to her mannerisms.

They do have their human emotions when shifted into their wolf form, and it’s hard for me

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disconnect from that.

talking as soon as my mouth opens, holding up a hand to stop my torrent of mild outrage. “Don’t even think about it, Ava. Martha agrees. You’re banned. Go home, relax, get to know your new roommate. You haven’t had

mouth opens and closes as all my arguments dissipate in the

down to see Selene with her ears back and her eyes twice as large as normal. Or maybe it’s just in

I sigh.

hate every second

rest.”

it’s paid time

mouth, then close it again.

fish face.

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

has a built–in soft close, because banging doors doesn’t fit a bookstore cafe’s ambience. It’s just the overall sentiment of

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 lost in the

occurs to me in that moment that I have no life

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