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

I take

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"I have secrets, Vanessa. Secrets that I want. to share with you. Most of it is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things I haven't told him yet. But I need to know whose side

on."

Alpha." She pauses, conflict. flickering in her

her, my interruption swift. "It doesn't endanger Westwood.

even as she squeezes my hands in reassurance. "I can't give you a straight answer without knowing what it is. My answer stands. But I am here

between the need to unburden myself and the fear of betrayal. Selene's voice echoes in my mind, urging

right now, Selene reminds

take a deep breath. "Selene

Her brows knit together, creasing

asks slowly, her eyes flickering between me and Selene, who yawns from her spot

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of her. It's impossible. She drinks secrets for breakfast. But Lucas

about her"

Vanessa's eyes. "Oh. That's good, at least." But I

want to try. The real problem is that we 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

for a moment. There has to be a better way." It would

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 the

mind.

possible for Selene to pull the wolf's presence out if the human host is unconscious?" Vanessa

voice echoing in my mind. But there are too many variables to say for certain. "Selene says it might be possible, but there are too many

your mother's wolf? Will she be

is a complex thing, especially when it comes to the dynamics between a wolf and

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