Tangled
Chapter 61
61 Ava: Homecoming (III)
Alpha Renard is someone I have had few encounters with. He’s come by the house many times through my life, but my parents always sent me to my room, not wanting to parade their shame in front of him.
Today is different.
Today, he sits across from me at the dinner table as my mother serves him, apologizing for the dinner- something Phoenix had brought home from a
restaurant in town. Everyone’s gaze seems to center
on me.
I can tell Phoenix and Dad are furious with me, but
there’s little point in looking in their direction. There’s no point ruining what tiny appetite I have.
Alpha Renard is an imposing figure, towering well over six feet with a muscular build that speaks of years of combat training. His brown hair is neatly trimmed and his face shaved; I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in a state of disarray. He likes to show off the deep scars.
clawed across his face.
Shifters don’t scar easily, but it isn’t impossible.
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Like all alphas, he has an intimidating presence and a confident air that demands respect. But his eyes hold a cruel glint that has me cringing from eye contact.
He won’t stop staring at me, even as he talks with the
others.
I keep my gaze fixed on the plate in front of me. Alpha Renard’s intense stare burns into my face, making my skin prickle with unease. His eyes linger on the split in my lip, the abnormal color across my cheeks. They still throb.
tense silence. “What happened to your daughter’s
his throat, his
“She has become willful in her
discipline to correct such behavior.”
sinister look come over Alpha Renard’s features. “I will take care of it,” he says, his tone sending an
shifts back to me, his eyes boring into mine with an intensity
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says, his voice laced with a dark edge. “Why has the Aspen
the words
I can sense the challenge in his question.
the Aspen pack had me. But how much do they
everything, and
if they don’t, and
that be worse?
So I lie.
with some rogue shifters they were chasing, and got injured. They took care of my wounds after that as an apology.” Mostly truth, but I can see
of deception? Or
stomach curdles, and I stab at a piece of buttery roasted potato, shoving it into my mouth. It tastes
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keep from gagging, chewing in a slow and methodical fashion.
I’m eating, maybe he won’t
But he does.
the alpha forced you into a mating. We will fight back so you can regain your freedom. We are all family here. You can talk to us.” Alpha Renard’s words are couched in a silken promise
grips my heart, squeezing the air from my lungs. He’d wanted to breed me before I ever left the pack. If they decide I’m a true omega, like Clayton did, I’ll never be able to escape that fate. I shake my head, desperate to deny his claims. “I’ve never been given
fist on the table, the
the force. I flinch, shrinking back in
seat.
to me, girl,” he snarls, his eyes flashing with barely contained rage. “We know all
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through the tension, dripping with
Blackwood Pack, Ava.”
twisted applications of the truth are not unfamiliar to me. Anger surges through my veins, momentarily overpowering my
myself at him, but you also just said Clayton forcefully mated me. So which
eyes narrow, his jaw clenching. “Watch your tone, girl,” he snaps, his voice
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