Tangled
Chapter 26
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I step into my apartment, muscles aching from another grueling self–defense session with Kyle. Despite the pain, I can feel myself getting stronger.
A heavy sigh escapes my lips as I kick off my shoes, relishing the feeling of being home, safe within these walls. Selene’s thoughts brush against my
consciousness, a comforting feeling after an awful day, as she pads over to the couch to take a nap.
You did well today. You’re progressing rapidly, as I knew you would.
I nod, offering a weary smile. “Thanks. I feel like a truck hit me, but in a good way, you know?”
A low chuckle reverberates through our bond. Rest, my
human. You’ve earned it.
Peeling off my sweat–drenched clothes, I make my way to the bathroom, the promise of a hot shower
beckoning me. As the water cascades over my aching muscles, I allow my mind to drift, replaying the events of the day.
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And inevitably, my thoughts turn to him.
Lucas.
Just the mere thought of his name sends a shiver down my spine, a heady mixture of longing and resentment coiling deep within me. I can still see the intensity in his golden eyes, the way his gaze seemed to strip me bare.
Unbidden, my body responds to the memory, a
up my neck as desire unfurls in my core. I curse inwardly, hating the way he still has this effect on me, even after everything that transpired between
me, a cool
away like trash, she growls. It does him no good to come around now,
within me. She’s right, of course. Lucas had his chance, and he squandered it, crushing my heart beneath the heel of his contempt. The pain of that rejection still lingers, a raw, festering wound
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bullshit.
know,” I murmur, rinsing the shampoo from my hair. “Believe me, I haven’t forgotten.” And yet, a
his touch, his embrace, his acceptance.
and flows. Do not let him in just because the bond tries to call you,
He hasn’t done anything to me in weeks, if you don’t count breaking into
him away.
dangerous. Well–not
though… That, I need to
***
in
there’s a note on my apartment
sorry,” with Lucas‘ signature
bottom.
3/7
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card, he looks me in the eyes and says, “I’m sorry. I
mean it.”
he takes his coffee
watching me for hours, like the
It’s bizarre.
of my head every time she sees him. I’m grateful that Lucas
for me at home. Granted, he’s broken in to leave it
but–it’s free dinner.
going to complain if that’s all he’s doing. Clearly I can’t keep him
was even a new bag of dog food the first time I came home to dinner, though Selene announced that she was not eating out
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