Tangled

Chapter 60

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When Mom and Dad walk through the door, dinner isn’t ready, because I haven’t once left the couch.

I’m two episodes into a back–to–back marathon of Selene’s favorite show. Todd and his two goonies have tried to get me to cook, but I’ve ignored them at every

turn.

I find it interesting that they never once tried to physically drag me into the kitchen. They would have

before.

I don’t think it’s my attitude; they’re the kind who would beat it out of you, not back down.

So, it’s the order Phoenix gave. But why? What’s planned for me?

Before I left, it was to use me as a breeder for the pack. That isn’t the kind of future where I’m protected from beatings. That means there’s something more…

My stomach clenches. Do they know about my heat?

They have to..

There’s no other explanation.

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If they know I went into heat, then they’ll likely know

about the supposed ‘true omega‘ designation Clayton’s pack had given me.

And if they think I’m that…

Shit.

When the front door opens, I don’t budge. Not a

muscle twitches.

I can smell Mom’s perfume before her heels click against the floor. Even without looking, I can imagine the pinched look on her face. “Ava Grey. Your brother spends all this time to find you and bring you home safely, and you can’t even make dinner to repay him?”

I don’t respond, keeping my eyes trained on the flickering TV screen.

feel Todd get up

his broad frame filling the doorway. His eyes find me on the couch and his expression darkens. Without a

directly in front of the

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my head back to meet his gaze, unflinching. His

eyes

swirling in their depths. Anger, disappointment,

on. Mom’s cold stare digs into the side of my face, but I refuse to break eye contact with Dad. I won’t cower,

beneath his weathered skin. For a moment, I think

expect.

stands there, his gaze locked

something delivered. The alpha will be here

to have has to be hidden deep in my

victory.

gaze to the TV. “So good to see

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been, am I okay. What

keep my mouth shut, too. When did I

and not a word out

life like this for two decades is more than

do another

says in

Alexander,” I say, refusing to call him

father.

degenerate in your absence. I’m letting it pass today because you’ve been through a lot, but make

Selene were here, she would have repeated his words in a mocking tone that made me laugh.

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Mom to snatch the remote from my

it off.

admonishes, her voice like ice. “Get dressed in something more presentable. You look like a homeless

person.”

worn–out jeans, with holes in the knees and in a couple places along my thighs, and my faded t–shirt that might have seen better days a hundred years ago. Mom’s gaze is cutting, appraising me from

neck and

my body with

word enveloped in wry amusement. “Since I don’t have parents who actually

slap comes before I can

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