Tangled

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All my thoughts circle into some sort of insane melodrama right out of Selene’s favorite TV show, and I slap my hands against my face, rubbing hard against my cheeks, as though I can push the tears right back into my eyes.

“Sorry,” I say, as Lucas rests a worried hand against my back, stroking me like you would pet a puppy. It’s cute.

He doesn’t seem to know what to do with me, while

I’m just grateful that he’s trying.

Once I’m sure my tears are gone, I smile up at him. “I’m just frazzled.”

“You’ve been through a lot. Did I upset you when I took -the phone call?”

“No!” The word bursts from me in horror. Does he

think I’m that kind of person, who gets upset when he has to do important things instead of watching me sit in a hospital bed? “Not at all.”

He blows out a breath in what I’m sure is massive relief. No one wants a mate that high maintenance. “Are you upset that I have to leave?”

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I cringe. “It isn’t that.” I just came to some insane levels of assumptions. “Why… do you have to go?”

“Ah.” Now he looks uncomfortable, and takes a seat on my bed, grabbing my hand.

Oh, God. This can’t be good.

“Once we were safe, Kellan–my beta–led a force of my men into the heart of the Blackwood pack.” I must not look devastated enough, because he clarifies, “In

an act of war.”

sort of input from me, I nod

your family and Alpha Renard escaped, but the territory

I nod again.

he says, as if I’m not understanding.

don’t care what happens to them.” Too bad all the

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lot of things right now. Like sadness, anxiety, worry, or other emotions that would be applicable to a good

of vengeance in my soul that is happy at his words.

don’t want to show my possible future mate that I’m a raging psychopath. He’s treating me so carefully as he tells me all these things, and not

for my hand, sliding his rough fingers between mine. He must think I need comfort, and I’m

and integrating them into ours, or letting them go as rogues. I’ll be back every few days. Right now, another alpha is helping me keep things in control over there, but I can’t just let other people do my work for me, even if I

I assure him. “But before you go, I have to tell you S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and

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something.”

must be Clayton; that’s why

but they’ll figure it out soon. I have to head this

watch. “I only have a few minutes. There’s a flight tonight that I

need you to promise

tenses, but his face is admirably calm with my words. “Whatever you have to tell

don’t have time to worry about them. “When I was taken from Cedarwood,

has his fingers going slack against mine, and his brows come together in thought.

Cedarwood who caught my scent.

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can you go into heat

and I freeze.

know about

the Gala, I’d been under the impression you were working with your family–with the alpha of your pack.”

looked at me with such intense

into you. It took us a long time. to get someone into the pack to get the information, but I heard that you were wolfless and not treated

his face, and his thumb rubs over the

contrition.

just kept my head out of my ass, I would have brought you back with me that night. You would have been safe. I was so