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

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

on."

on my hands. "Ava, I'm loyal to 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

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

in reassurance. "I 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 to

now, Selene reminds

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

bewilderment. Her brows knit together, creasing her forehead as

is that possible?" she asks slowly, her eyes flickering between

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

about her"

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

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

think this through for a moment. There has

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.

for Selene to pull the wolf's presence out if the human host

voice echoing in my mind. But there are too many variables to say for certain.

your mother's wolf? Will she be

is a complex thing, especially when it

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