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 her hands in

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you. Most of it is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things I haven't told him yet.

on."

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

endanger Westwood. But Lucas won't like that I'm

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

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

right now, Selene reminds me gently. You

breath. "Selene isn't a dog.

knit together, creasing

her eyes flickering between me and Selene, who yawns

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yet to get a straight answer out of her.

about her"

I can see the wheels turning in her

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.

Which, I suppose, is unlikely to happen." Vanessa frowns. "Let me think this through for a moment. There has to be a

watch as Vanessa 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

mind.

pull the wolf's presence out if the human host is unconscious?"

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

expression thoughtful. "And what about your

loss for words. Loyalty is a complex thing, especially when it comes to the dynamics between a

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