Tangled

Chapter 23

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I stare at Selene in utter confusion. “Dig? What do you mean, dig?”

Precisely what I said, she replies, her tone brooking no argument. Dig.

I glance around the small clearing, taking in the soft carpet of moss and fallen leaves. “With what? My hands?” The mere thought of digging into the earth with my bare fingers fills me with a strange revulsion.

Selene lets out a huff of annoyance. Yes, with your hands. I would do it myself, but… She pauses, eyeing the ground with distaste. I don’t like to get mud between my claws.

I can’t help but snort at that. “Are you sure you’re not just a husky after all? Because that’s a very husky–like attitude.”

In response, Selene snaps at the air, her jaws closing with an audible click. Enough stalling, she growls. Dig.

With a sigh, I sink to my knees and begin to dig, scooping handfuls of damp earth aside. Selene

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watches me intently, her tail swishing back and forth.

Deeper, she urges after a few moments.

I grimace as my fingers sink into the cool, loamy soil. “This is so gross. You owe me a manicure after this.”

Selene merely flicks an ear, unimpressed by my complaints.

As I continue to dig, my arms quickly grow tired from the exertion. Sweat beads on my brow, and I can feel the grime caking beneath my nails. Ugh.

Finally, my fingers scrape against something hard and unyielding. I pause, brushing away the remaining soil to reveal…a box?

Selene

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toward the box.

a deep breath, I lift

ring. But

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hue. It’s almost identical to

wear them both, Selene

my thoughts. At all

resting place. “But

for you to

the ring onto my finger.

get out of here before I have to groom myself for days to get all this filth out of my fur.

“Whatever you say, princess. I’ll make sure to

begins to lead the way back through the trees, leaving

Selene warily as we walk, the empty box

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that pain

twitching one ear in irritation. It means precisely what I said. You were

but becoming

everyone involved. Selene’s tone is firm as she pads across the small clearing toward

up, leaves crunching underfoot. “Well, it’s not the best thing for me.

retrace our steps back toward the main path. It’s only

a deep breath. There’s a lightness to my body that wasn’t there before, a sense of renewed

even think about it Selene’s voice cuts through

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in a

her a perplexed

flatly. Unless you want the

I echo, baffled. “What are you talking about? How

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