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.”

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

Alpha Renard escaped,

I nod again.

says,

don’t care what happens

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

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

huge demon of vengeance in my soul that is

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

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 do

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 highest

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something.”

alpha” must be Clayton; that’s why he

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

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

need. I just need you

his face is admirably calm with my words. “Whatever you have to tell me, don’t worry,

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

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

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

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into heat without

and I freeze.

you know about

the impression you were working with your

why he looked at

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

over the back of

contrition.

night. You would have been safe. I was