Tangled

Chapter 91

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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.”

to want some sort of input from me, I nod to

chaos, your family and Alpha Renard escaped,

I nod again.

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

head. “I don’t care what happens to them.” Too bad all the important people

the hospital. She’s in critical condition due to the wolfsbane I

the

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

there’s a huge demon of vengeance in my soul that is

treating me so carefully as he tells me all these things, and

mine. He must think I

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 want to stay

don’t resist the urge to 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

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something.”

Clayton; that’s why he called. Maybe

figure it out soon. I have to head this off before

only have a few minutes. There’s

I need. I just need you to promise to listen without getting too

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

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

his brows come together in

a deep breath. “There were some rogues in Cedarwood who caught my scent.

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the

heat without a wolf?”

and I freeze.

do you know about

mine, unwavering. “At the Gala, I’d been under the impression you were

he looked at me

It took us a long time. to get someone into the pack to get the information, but

his thumb rubs over

contrition.

of my ass, I would have brought you back with me 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 that I should

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