Tangled

Chapter 48

49 Ava: Selene’s Secret Vice

Selene’s presence helped me sleep like the dead. Waking in the morning in a room outside of the hospital is nicer than I want to admit to Clayton, after trying to refuse this apartment.

Stretching languidly, I take a moment to bask in the luxury of the king–sized bed, reveling in the silky sheets caressing my skin. A contented sigh escapes my lips as I roll onto my side, only to find myself face–to–face with Selene’s piercing blue gaze.

“Morning,” I murmur, reaching out to scratch behind

her ears.

Morning, pup. Her tail thumps against the mattress in greeting. Sleep well?

“Like a rock.” I glance around the lavish bedroom, my eyes lingering on the plush armchairs positioned near the floor–to–ceiling windows. “It’s going to take some getting used to, living in a place like this.”

You deserve nice things, Ava. Selene nuzzles my hand. Although, I must admit, I miss the simplicity of your old apartment.

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Is it possible to feel nostalgia after only a week away? Because I do.

“Me too. We won’t be able to go back for a little while, right?”

Selene’s ears flatten against her head. Not until the alpha sends you home.

Pushing aside the melancholy, I swing my legs over the edge of the bed and stretch again, relishing the freedom of movement. No sore back or hips, and no tense neck after sleeping on near–flat pillows. “So, what’s on the agenda for today?”

Selene hops off the bed and trots toward the door. Well, you don’t have a job to go to anymore, so I suppose you could be a couch potato for once.

I can’t help but laugh at the mental image. “A couch potato? Really?”

Why not? She glances back at me with a wolfish grin. There’s a new shifter romance show that just started. We could binge–watch it together.

Raising an eyebrow, I follow her out of the bedroom and into the spacious living area. “A shifter romance

shour? Somehow I doubt it’ll be an accurato

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of our lives.”

making herself comfortable. You’d be surprised. From

it’s quite steamy.

cheeks

huh? I’m not sure I want to watch something like

She gives me a pointed look. After everything we’ve been through together, a little on–screen romance shouldn’t faze you.

my feet beneath me. “Alright, alright. Let’s see what

flatscreen flickers to life, and the opening credits of “Fated Mates” fill the screen.

her enthusiasm.

kind of steamy shifter

awaits us.”

her eyes glued

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Selene’s

your

eyes. “I have one. He didn’t want

our love affair is meant

words. A fated mate doesn’t count when they’re too stupid

Selene to

apartment, causing us both to turn our heads toward the sound. Frowning, I rise from the couch and make

open, I’m surprised to find Ivy standing on the other

to greet her, so I just say,

like

by my

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going to invite me in, or shall we conduct our business

I hurry to step aside, gesturing for her to enter. “Of

me, Selene lets out a snort from her spot on the

back down from her intense stare.

dog?” Ivy asks, her

at Selene, who meets my gaze with a knowing look. “She’s just a stray who showed up one day. Ran away from her old home, I

that.”

the cushion, almost as if she’s agreeing with my explanation. Ivy,

simply stares back at her, unfazed. “Well, I suppose that explains her lack of manners.”

leta out a low groud her

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Ivy’s eyes widen, and I quickly step between them,

turn to Ivy, offering her an

that. She can

regards me for a

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