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 at his

never watched any of

he continues to watch

Start

wolf on screen is some sort of wolf–dog

much smaller than shifters.

agrees. He is

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

against the couch, wrapping one arm around me as he continues to watch the train wreck on TV, where the wolf

twig snapping, and Lucas snaps, “That’s a beginner’s mistake!”

a terrible hunter, Selene

Lucas has his arm up in the air. “Why would he show himself to a teenage human like that? You never

a fated connection, Selene

how she adores the fated connections in

continues to give

that together before. I’ll have

about that.

trash?” he asks, finally turning from the screen

direction. She’s on the floor, tail up. ears perked, completely

you love her, but your dog

is unusual.”

twitch. “Yeah. Just a

envelops me as I curl up against him, my eyelids growing heavy. The mindless chatter from the TV

an odd sort of lullaby, but it soothes

little peace. Just a little

is okay, right?

Selene sighs, her voice dreamy in my mind. It’s so romantic.

from his alpha.

A Biomate

Is she okay? Has she eaten? Is she hurt? The questions swirl in

uncertainty.

throat. I blink, the haze of sleep and worry dissipating as

News

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

his hand brushing a stray lock of hair from my face. “But I have to check

glimmer of hope in his

clenching. When he speaks again, his voice