Tangled

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91 Ava: Clearing the Air (I)

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 to show that I’m following.

and Alpha Renard escaped, but the territory is under

I nod again.

says,

care what happens to them.” Too

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now. Like sadness, anxiety, worry, or other emotions that would be

a huge demon of vengeance in my soul that is happy at his

want to show my possible future mate that I’m a raging psychopath. He’s treating me so carefully as he tells me all

rough fingers between mine. He must think I need comfort, and

are working on disavowing every wolf from the Blackwood Pack 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

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

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something.”

Clayton; that’s why

but they’ll figure it out soon. I have

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

need you to promise to listen without

tenses, but his face is admirably calm with my words. “Whatever you have to tell me, don’t worry, Ava. I won’t think less of

I don’t have time to worry about them. “When

fingers going slack against mine, and his brows come together in thought. “No?

take a deep breath. “There were some rogues in Cedarwood

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go into heat without a wolf?”

and I freeze.

know

under the impression

looked at me with such

get someone into the pack to

his thumb rubs over the back of my hand, over and over, in

contrition.

that night. You would have been safe. I was so focused on how I felt about your alpha that I didn’t stop to think