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.”

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

in the chaos, your family and Alpha Renard escaped, but the territory is under our

I nod again.

he says,

you.” I tilt my head. “I don’t care what happens to them.” Too bad all

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a lot of things right now. Like sadness,

huge demon of vengeance in my soul that

want to show my possible future mate that I’m a raging psychopath. He’s treating me

must think I need comfort, and I’m not sure how to break it to him.

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

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

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something.”

“other alpha” must be Clayton; that’s why he called. Maybe Clayton doesn’t

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

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

I just need you to promise to listen

calm with my words. “Whatever you have

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

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

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

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go into heat without a wolf?” Lucas asks,

and I freeze.

do you know

under the impression you were working

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

rubs over the back of

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 focused on how I felt about your alpha that I didn’t stop to think that I