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.

get up from the couch. The absence of his presence is a relief, even with my parents

find me on the

himself directly in front

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tilt my head back to meet his

eyes

emotions swirling in their depths. Anger, disappointment, id something else I can’t quite place–a hint of

digs into the side of my face, but I refuse to break eye contact with

flexing beneath his weathered skin. For a moment, I think he might speak, might unleash the torrent of reprimands I’ve come to

expect.

locked with mine, as if searching for something he

says, “Have something delivered. The alpha will

has to be hidden deep in my heart. There’s

victory.

see you’ve been so worried about me. So many questions about

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I okay. What a loving, caring family.

learn to keep my mouth shut, too.

daughter’s been missing, and not a

two decades is

do

my dad says in his

say, refusing to call

father.

that you’ve become a degenerate in your absence. I’m letting it pass today because you’ve been through a lot, but make no mistake, Ava–you will behave when Alpha Renard

have repeated his words in a mocking tone that made me laugh. But

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the remote from my hand

it off.

level of trash, Ava,” she admonishes, her voice like ice. “Get dressed in something more presentable. You look like a homeless

person.”

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

neck and ears.

wave a hand down my body with

as presentable as I get,” I say, each word enveloped in wry amusement. “Since I don’t have

comes before I can even register the

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