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

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want. to share with you. Most of it is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things

on."

tightening on my hands. "Ava, I'm loyal to the Westwood pack and to my Alpha." She pauses, conflict. flickering in her

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

can't give you a straight answer without knowing what it

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

right now, Selene reminds me gently. You need an

take a deep breath. "Selene isn't a dog. She's my

brows knit together, creasing her forehead as she

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

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straight answer out of her. It's impossible. She drinks secrets for breakfast.

about her"

I can see the wheels

force her to renounce her pack in order to keep Selene's ex "That might kill her," the healer says automatically,

"Let me think this through for a

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

mind.

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

head, considering the question. It might be possible, she admits, her 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 variables to know for

"And what about your mother's wolf?

for words. Loyalty is a complex thing, especially when it

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