Tangled

Chapter 171

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171 Avar Trusting Vanessa

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

and I take

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is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things I haven't told him yet. But I

on."

the Westwood pack and to my Alpha." She pauses, conflict. flickering in her eyes. "But I'm also loyal to my Luna. I can't give you a strai my own judgment.

won't," I assure her, my interruption swift. "It doesn't endanger Westwood. But Lucas won't like that I'm doing

can't give you a straight answer without knowing what it is. My answer stands.

the fear of betrayal. Selene's voice echoes in

right now, Selene reminds

breath. "Selene isn't a

knit together, creasing her forehead as she processes

between me and

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"Honestly, I've yet to get a straight answer out of her.

about her"

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

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

Which, I suppose, is unlikely to happen." Vanessa frowns. "Let me think this through for a moment. There has to be a better way." It would be good if

paces around the room, her brow furrowed in concentration. She mutters under her breath, occasionally shaking her head 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 through her soft fur, focusing on the sensation of her head and ears beneath my touch. It's a small comfort amidst

mind.

out if the human host is unconscious?" Vanessa asks suddenly, her gaze intense as

too many variables to say for certain. "Selene says it might be possible, but there

about your mother's wolf? Will she

find myself at a loss for words. Loyalty is a complex thing, especially

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