Tangled

Chapter 118

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The good thing about Lisa’s apartment is that it’s soundproof.

That means, with Kellan gone, we can talk to our

heart’s content.

Which is exactly what we do, as I fill Lisa in on what I experienced while I was unconscious. Lisa looks

confused.

“I know I’m a human, but that doesn’t sound like wolf is emerging. It sounds unrelated to wolves entirely.”

your

Precisely, Selene says, her tone approving. She likes

Lisa.

“Selene agrees,” I translate for Lisa.

It is an awakening, but not of your wolf. She snorts and gives a quick shake of her head. I’m already awake.

I laugh, and Lisa looks at me with a questioning stare.

So, of course, I tell her.

It’s unfortunate she can’t hear Selene.

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“She’s funny,” Lisa remarks, petting Selene’s ears. Despite knowing the dog in front of her is a wolf on the inside, she hasn’t stopped treating Selene as a lovable husky.

“So, an awakening of what, exactly?”

Your powers, she says, her words terse. The necklace will do no good for you now. The ring, too. You’ve grown too powerful. It’s time to train before you get yourself killed.

Oh.

That doesn’t sound good.

It does not, she confirms grimly. Unfortunately, I don’t know where we can go for tutelage.

“Okay, so I have to learn on my own then.”

That carries great risk.

The grimace that twists my face has Lisa’s eyes bouncing between me and Selene, but she sits

patiently, waiting for the summary.

to just do nothing? I was in a coma for

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ears flicking.

can it

you even know how

access your power?

think

you know what it

Also no.

you know its

that, too.

stare at the ceiling. “This is pointless. What am I going to do?”

what?” Lisa finally asks,

curiosity.

at me with a doubtful stare. “What about

Who is Sister Miriam? Is she a

at Selene in shock. “Why would you think she’s a

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they’re part of a

That’s just bizarre.

eyebrow, I think back to Sister Miriam. Of the way my mother reacted to her presence. Of her

be a vampire.” She’s

head. It is possible she may know something. But it is also possible she will

seemed pretty interested in me when we met.”

is good. Vampires like interesting things. They

I never wanted to have

after I fill her in again. “How would a vampire

you?”

very long–lived, and share their knowledge in their community. Despite popular opinion, they are not evil

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definition of finicky seems to be a little off. “You just said she might try to kill me, and that vampires eat boring things.”

Yes.

In

like finicky is a great way

describe them.”

again. No, it is proper

Okay, then.

know something–but how the hell am I

“With these overprotective wolves,

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stares out

matter how I think it through, I

I try to figure

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ears. Lisa looks doubtful, but all she says is, “How?”

ear, I try to think of how I’d accessed it the night of my

comes to mind.

faster. It came to me; I never called

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