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.

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.

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

directly in front

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head back to meet his

eyes

depths. Anger, disappointment,

the room is palpable, thick enough to choke on. Mom’s cold stare digs into the side of my face, but I refuse to break eye contact with Dad.

the muscles flexing beneath his weathered skin. For a moment, I think he might speak,

expect.

never come. He simply stands there, his gaze locked with mine, as if searching for something he

something delivered. The alpha will be here soon.”

triumphant smile I want to have has to be hidden deep in my

victory.

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.

to keep my mouth shut, too. When did

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

like this for two decades is more than

can’t do another

dad says in his

refusing to call him

father.

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

words in a mocking tone that made me laugh. But she’s not, so I just turn up the volume on the TV, only

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remote from

it off.

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

person.”

seen better days a hundred years ago. Mom’s gaze is cutting, appraising me from head to toe with an

neck

hand down my body with a bright

in wry amusement. “Since I

comes before I can

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