Tangled

Chapter 171

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sa saws up before dinner, with a bag full of doctor stuff and @puu milar ny that tells me I'm got dong anything until she gets

she needs.

bel suffer through the blood pressure, my blood being drawn and Taken away by one of my new stone-faced bodyguards, of which there are at least 6, and a lot of questions she asks me every single day My answers haven't changed, but she still asks them.

I watch intently as Vanessa packs up her medical supplies, my mind churning with the weight of the secrets I'm keeping. With the balt- baked plans inside my head. With my desperate need to save Lisa from whatever fate the Mad Prince has planned.

1 wet my lips, trying to find the right words.

Vanessa, how do you feel about keeping secrets from your mate?" The question slips out before I can stop it.

She pauses, a knowing smile playing on her lips, her eyes twinkling.

Trouble in paradise already with the overbearing Alpha?"

I glance toward the bedroom door "Can the bodyguards hear

verything we say in here?"

She looks amused, "No. Your prior Alpha had this room. soundproofed

me and I take

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share with you. Most of it is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things I haven't told him yet.

on."

in her eyes. "But

assure her, my interruption swift. "It doesn't endanger Westwood. But Lucas won't

face, even as she squeezes my hands in reassurance. "I can't give you

myself and the fear of

right now, Selene reminds me gently. You need

breath. "Selene

bewilderment. Her brows knit together, creasing her forehead as

asks slowly, her eyes flickering between

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"Honestly, I've yet to get a straight answer out of her. It's impossible. She drinks secrets for breakfast. But

about her"

clear in Vanessa's eyes. "Oh. That's good, at least." But I can see the wheels turning in her head as she

have to force her to renounce her pack in order to keep Selene's ex "That might kill her," the healer says automatically, glancing again. toward Selene. "And only an alpha can force a switch in pack allegiance. Even then, it's only a temporary measure. She can

for a moment. There has to

as if dismissing ideas that don't quite fit. The sight of her deep in th Settling onto the bed beside Selene, I run my fingers

mind.

wolf's presence out if the human host is unconscious?" Vanessa asks suddenly, her gaze intense as she looks

But there are too many variables to say for certain. "Selene says it might

your mother's wolf?

words. Loyalty is a complex thing, especially when it

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