Tangled

145 Ava: Selene’s Shows

“TV?” Lucas asks, and I nod. ❤

“Selene likes anything on the Shifter Network.”

His hand freezes with the remote pointing at the TV. “Your dog watches TV?” he asks carefully, with a hint of laughter in his words. Like he doesn’t want to offend me with his amusement.

“She’s a basic bitch,” I say cheerfully, ignoring Selene’s mental growl.

Lucas looks at Selene, then me, then back to the TV, obediently turning it to the right channel. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

One of her shows is playing, like it always is. I don’t watch it much, but I’m pretty sure there’s always a drama online, even if it’s a rerun.

Almost always. Sometimes it’s a talk show. She sounds so disgusted by that, I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing.

Lucas, meanwhile, is staring at the TV.

He’s tuned into the middle of a shifting scene, a CGI moment of a male human’s clothes bursting at the

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scams as he transforms into a wolf, complete with the sound of cracking bones and snapping flesh.

“That,” he says, “is disgusting. Shifting is beautiful, and they’ve turned it into a horror show.”

“That’s only the tip of the iceberg,” I mutter, staring at Selene, who’s ignoring our comments.

I love this episode, she sighs. He’s going to find her in the forest and she falls in love… Of course, she can’t do

anything about it. She’s still dating that human kid

from math class.

“Why didn’t he take his clothes off before shifting?” Lucas mutters, completely distracted. “It doesn’t look like there’s an emergency. Just destroyed his clothes for no reason. That isn’t logical. What’s he going to do when he shifts back? Just walk around naked? He’s too old to be shifting uncontrolled.”

any pack, but my lips quirk

any of

his eyebrows coming together as he continues to

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some sort of wolf–dog

smaller than shifters.

is very small.

look at her, the fifty–pound husky with a wolf inside, but manage to keep my mental mouth

arm around me as he continues to watch the train wreck on TV,

the sound of a twig snapping, and Lucas snaps, “That’s a

terrible hunter, Selene agrees again.

his arm up in the air. “Why would he show himself to a teenage human like that? You never know when they’re going to report you for violations against Human Survival Rights. You can’t stalk

a fated connection, Selene

adores the fated connections in

but continues to give

never put that together before.

about that.

trash?” he asks, finally turning from the screen to look at me.

in Selene’s direction. She’s on the floor, tail up. ears perked, completely zoned in on her show.

shakes his head. “I know you love

is unusual.”

lips twitch. “Yeah. Just a bit.”

warmth envelops me as I curl up against him, my eyelids growing

interjections. It’s an odd sort of lullaby, but it soothes me

Just a little rest.

is

her bullies, Selene sighs, her

punishment from his alpha. No wolf shifter would be able to get away with

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as my thoughts drift to Lisa. The ache in my chest intensifies. Is she okay? Has she eaten? Is she hurt? The questions swirl in my mind,

uncertainty.

muscles tense, his breath catching in his throat. I blink, the haze of sleep and worry dissipating as

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unfocused. Seconds stretch into minutes, each one an eternity. Finally,

from my face. “But

push it aside, latching onto the glimmer of hope in his words. “A lead? What kind of

hesitates, his jaw clenching. When he speaks again, his