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.”

are a rare sight in any pack, but my lips quirk at

you never watched any

as he continues to watch the scene. “He’s small.”

Start to

is some

much smaller than shifters.

agrees. He is

with a wolf inside, but manage to keep my mental

settles against the couch, wrapping one arm around me as he continues to watch the train wreck on TV, where the wolf shifter stalks some human girl in the woods.

of a twig snapping, and

terrible hunter, Selene agrees

later, Lucas has 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 human and expect not to be reported.”

a fated connection, Selene

how she adores the

give Lucas a cold

before. I’ll have to

about that.

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

floor, tail up. ears

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

is unusual.”

twitch. “Yeah. Just

eyelids growing heavy. The mindless chatter from the TV blends with his

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

Just a little

much is okay, right?

bullies, Selene sighs, her

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

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

uncertainty.

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

heart races. News about

into minutes, each one an

lock of hair from my face. “But I have to check on a lead with Kellan. Are you going to be okay alone?”

push it aside, latching onto the glimmer of

speaks again, his voice is