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 her hands

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want. to share with you. Most of it is stuff

on."

She pauses, conflict. flickering in her eyes. "But I'm also

my interruption swift. "It doesn't endanger Westwood. But

watches me, caution on her face, 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 for you,

with her response, torn between the need to unburden myself and the fear

your best option right now, Selene reminds me gently. You need

a deep breath. "Selene isn't a

of bewilderment. Her brows knit together, creasing her forehead

eyes flickering between me and Selene, who yawns from

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answer out of her. It's impossible. She

about her"

That's good, at least." But I can see the wheels turning in her head as she thinks things

can ask for more clarity on things, I rush, "Selene thinks she can talk to my mother's wolf. 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

is unlikely to happen." Vanessa frowns. "Let me think this through for a moment. There

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 chaos swirling in my 171

mind.

Selene to pull the wolf's presence out if the human host is unconscious?" Vanessa asks suddenly,

variables to say for certain. "Selene says it might be possible,

what about your mother's wolf? Will she be loyal to

and I find myself at a loss for words. Loyalty is

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