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.”

in any pack,

you never watched any

eyebrows coming together as he continues to watch the scene.

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some

smaller than

agrees. He is very small.

husky with a wolf inside, but

me as he continues to watch the

at the sound of a twig snapping, and Lucas

a terrible hunter, Selene

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 human and expect not

connection, Selene

adores the fated

continues to give Lucas a cold shoulder.

put that together before.

about that.

you sure your dog likes this trash?” he asks, finally

floor, tail up. ears perked, completely zoned in on

“I know you love

is unusual.”

“Yeah. Just a

against him, my eyelids growing heavy.

by Selene’s mental interjections. It’s an odd sort of lullaby, but

peace. Just a little rest.

is okay,

her from her bullies, Selene sighs, her

school grounds is asking for punishment from his alpha. No wolf shifter would be able

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Is she okay? Has she eaten? Is she hurt? The questions swirl in my mind, an endless loop of

uncertainty.

his throat. I blink, the haze of sleep and worry dissipating as I realize he’s been mind–linked with

races. News

golden eyes unfocused. Seconds stretch into minutes, each one an eternity. Finally, he looks down at me,

from my face. “But I have to check on a lead

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

When he speaks again, his voice is