Tangled

Chapter 59

59 Ava: Homecoming (I)

When I walk downstairs, Phoenix is hanging up the phone. It strikes me how much I’ve changed when I realize I have no curiosity, no spark to ask who he was talking to.

I don’t care.

It’s either related to me in a way that isn’t going to be pleasant, or it will have nothing to do with me. That’s it. Those are the two options.

I have no urge to grow closer to the asshole who shares my genetics, so I don’t ask.

Instead, I plan.

I won’t be able to escape right away. I’m not even sure how I can escape. I have no money, no phone, no

contact with the outside world. But now that I’ve been

out there? Now that I’ve been on my own?

It doesn’t seem as impossible as it did when I lived

here.

If I just have a chance, I’ll take it.

“Some of the guys will be coming by to watch over

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you,” Phoenix announces, coming by to sniff at me. “Don’t start anything. There’s plenty in the fridge, so just make something for dinner. Don’t forget that Alpha Renard is coming.”

dragged home, now I

No, thank you.

reaching for the remote. The soft fabric smells

him in waves. He’s struggling, I can tell. Part of him wants to

TV

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familiar scene catches my eye. A hunky male lead with tousled hair and a roguish grin. The over–the–top soundtrack swelling with orchestral

had been obsessed with at

stop the feelings from overwhelming my

1. me.

that could set the screen on fire. “I will never choose her,” he growls, his

you go.

only my life was as simple as worrying that my

woman.

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scent of a familiar, nausea–inducing wolf washes over me, thick and musky with undertones of sweat and aggression. My heart pounds against my ribcage as if begging to be let

over me. I fight back a shudder, memories of

of my least favorite smells now. I can’t even think about tuna without

his eyes off me. “If it isn’t little Ava Grey,

unsettling. I swallow hard, my

off her unless it’s absolutely necessary,” he warns, his

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I don’t

then.”

widens at the threat, and he gives a lazy shrug. “Whatever you say, Phoenix. We’ll be perfect little

head–on, refusing to show fear. A muscle in his jaw ticks, and I

princess,” he drawls, taking a step closer. “We’re just here to make sure you don’t try to

can we?”

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