Tangled

Chapter 24

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Selene growls, pacing as she sniffs every corner of the room. Her hackles are stiff. Even though she’s just a dog right now, it’s still intimidating.

That bastard was here, Selene confirms, after sniffing around the bedroom. He won’t harm you. Her lip curls back into a soft snarl. I can smell his regret with every step he took.

I collapse, my legs too weak to hold me up. That refreshed, revitalized feeling is gone. Only fear

remains.

“What am I going to do? I can’t stay here. If he found me, that means Dad can find me.”

Perhaps. Selene stretches with a large yawn. I would not worry yet, cub. You are not as defenseless as you once were, and you cannot run forever.

“But-”

You cannot run forever, Selene repeats forcefully, and I fall silent, struggling against the panic fluttering against my ribcage. One day, you might have to fight

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back.

Fight back?

I’d never imagined fighting back.

How can a wolfless defect fight back?

not wolfless, she reminds me, settling on the couch after a few circles. You are strong. You have me.

do?”

yawns again. Live, she says

not borrow trouble before

***

sigh and fall onto the couch cushions, trying to let Selene’s words wash over me. Live. Just

when she says it like

blue eyes fixing me with an intent stare. You cannot keep going as you have been, though. Your body is soft. Weak. You must

at my lips. “What do you

with her cold, wet nose. Exercise.

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would your mind. You cannot rely solely on

soft. I’ve had to learn to run. But to Selene, I’m soft.

to shifters. She wants me to get fit. To toughen up, build muscle, increase my stamina. A

words.

for me again, I need to be able to defend myself.

nod, I steel my resolve. “Okay. What do I

need to do?”

morning, I approach Mrs. Elkins

about a class I’ve

Elkins’s brow furrows in

“Of course, dear. As long as you can have your

I don’t

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you, Mrs.

of her warm, grandmotherly smiles. “Not a problem, Ava.

return, her kindness lancing through my chest. If only

privacy of my small living room- push–ups, sit–ups, air squats, a hundred each. My muscles

but I grit my teeth and

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