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.”

from me,

Renard escaped, but the territory is under

I nod again.

your pack,” he says, as if I’m not understanding.

my head. “I don’t care what happens to them.”

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things right now. Like sadness, anxiety, worry, or other emotions that

a huge demon of vengeance in my

psychopath. He’s treating

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

be done. We 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 things in control over there, but I can’t just let other people

reach out and rub the lines on his brow. “You’ll do 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 of novels early and in the

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something.”

be Clayton; that’s why he called. Maybe Clayton

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

a few minutes. There’s a flight tonight that I have to make.”

few minutes is all I need. I just need you to promise to listen without getting too upset.”

my words. “Whatever you have to tell me, don’t worry, Ava. I won’t think less

time to worry about them. “When I was taken from Cedarwood, it wasn’t by my family.”

and his brows come together in thought. “No? Then

were some rogues in Cedarwood who caught my scent. I was going into

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you go into heat without a wolf?” Lucas

and I freeze.

do you know about that?”

been under the impression you were working with your family–with the alpha

that’s why he looked at

someone into the pack to get the information, but I heard

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

contrition.

sorry, Ava. If I had 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