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.

ostensibly to the shifters guarding me. I can feel Todd get up from the couch. The absence of his presence is a relief, even with my parents home.

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

directly in front

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tilt my head back to

eyes

Anger, disappointment,

palpable, thick enough to choke on. Mom’s cold stare digs into the side of my face,

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

looks at Mom and says, “Have something delivered. The

smile I want to have has to be hidden deep in my heart. There’s no

victory.

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

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am I okay.

mouth shut, too. When did I

been missing, and not a word out of their mouth is even fake concern.

two decades

can’t do another second.

says in his warning tone.

say, refusing to call him any form of

father.

degenerate in your absence. I’m letting it pass today because

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

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the remote from

it off.

watching that level of trash, Ava,” she admonishes, her voice like ice. “Get

person.”

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

her neck and

wave a hand down my body with

enveloped in wry amusement. “Since I

I can even register the

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