Tangled

Chapter 60

60 Ava: Homecoming (II)

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.

she says, ostensibly to the shifters guarding me. I can feel Todd get up from the couch. The absence

his broad frame filling the doorway. His eyes find me on the couch and

nlanting himself directly in

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back to

eyes

swirling in their depths. Anger, disappointment, id something else

enough to choke 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, not this

For a moment, I think he might speak, might unleash the torrent of reprimands

expect.

the words never come. He simply stands there, his gaze locked with

and says, “Have something delivered. The alpha will be here

triumphant smile I want to have has to be hidden deep

victory.

return my gaze to the TV. “So good to see you’ve been so worried about me. So many

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I’m doing, where I’ve been, am I okay.

shut, too. When did I

been missing, and not a word

life like this for two decades is more

do another

dad says in his warning tone.

I say, refusing to call him

father.

brow twitches and a muscle in his jaw clenches. “I see that you’ve become a degenerate in your absence. I’m letting it pass today because you’ve been through a lot,

have repeated his words in a mocking tone that made me laugh. But she’s not, so I just

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the remote from

it off.

admonishes, her voice like

person.”

mind as I look down at my 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 head to toe with an expression of utter disdain. She’s dressed to perfection, as she always is, in a designer dress that could put

neck and ears.

a hand down my body with a bright smile.

enveloped in wry amusement. “Since I don’t have parents who actually take care of me. I’m the orphan of the

before I

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