Tangled

Chapter 122

122 Ava: Getting Stronger

“Don’t push yourself too hard.” o

Lucas‘ voice is deeper through the phone, giving our hushed conversation in my bedroom a more sordid feeling than would be expected, given the fact that we haven’t talked about anything remotely intimate.

That fated–mate tingle settles into my nether regions as he speaks. Lisa’s asleep, and Kellan is, too, taking over the couch in the living room like he does every night.

“I’m not.” Trying not to wake the others, I speak in a soft murmur.

“I miss you.” He sounds frustrated. Tired.

Kellan said he’s been trying to track down my family. I hope he finds them soon; I just want everything to be over. Having guards everywhere I go is awful.

I have yet to meet anyone new. No friends. Not even acquaintances. I don’t even get to buy things at the store, because someone is always sent to buy what I ask for.

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It’s suffocating.

“Have you made any progress?”

“Mmm.” His noncommital sound gives little hope. “I will find them, Ava. You will be safe.”

“I know.”

“Get some sleep. It’s late.”

“I will.” A yawn catches me by surprise, my jaw cracking with the force of it.

“Good night, Ava.”

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little excess flab I had around my belly is gone, and I breeze through most of Jericho’s workouts with little effort. The

I’ve magically gained an ability

would be

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in a haze of training, Kellan’s constant presence, and Lucas coming and going

undefined, but the fated bond within me disagrees vociferously. It yearns for

though she’s avoided open hostility. It’s an improvement. I can understand, though. She, too, is frustrated by this feeling of living in a

I join a training group of young shifters in

refusal is immediate.

snaps, turning back

earning her a dark

can’t?” He protests

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saying what she wants to say, and you’re not.” Getting between them is pointless; it just

to train with a variety of people. I would even venture to

that passes for a smile in the old man. “I’ll speak with the alpha, then.”

my arm in a hug. “It’s

“They’re in the training gym.”

sweaty gymnasium with a bunch of junior shifters doesn’t sound like a fun time, but Lisa

excitement. It’s our first

the Westwood Pack.

I recognize it as the place we train during rainy days. It’s filled with at least twenty young shifters, almost all men, all sparring on the mats. Lisa

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digging into my

must be odd, as a born–human, to

bunch of

direction, one

I look at Jericho in confusion, but he doesn’t acknowledge it, just staring in his signature brooding

Mentor.” The young woman’s voice is soft but

It’s a title I’ve never heard before. He doesn’t correct the girl,

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