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

148 AVA Cole’s Stre

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.”

sight in any

you never watched any of these shows?”

coming together as he continues to watch the scene. “He’s

Start to

is some sort of wolf–dog hybrid,

much smaller than

is very small.

wolf

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

twig snapping, and Lucas

hunter,

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

a fated connection,

adores the

but continues to give Lucas a cold shoulder.

before. I’ll

about that.

this trash?” he asks, finally turning from the screen to look

the floor, tail up. ears perked, completely zoned

shakes his head. “I know you love her, but your

is unusual.”

lips twitch. “Yeah. Just a bit.”

him, my eyelids growing heavy. The mindless chatter from the

It’s an odd sort of lullaby, but

Just

much is okay, right?

sighs, her voice dreamy in

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

Biomate drive

their banter, even as my thoughts drift to Lisa. The ache in my chest intensifies. Is she okay?

uncertainty.

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

races. News

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

softly, his hand brushing a stray lock of hair from my face. “But I have to check on a lead with Kellan. Are

glimmer

speaks