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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that I want. to share with you. Most of it is stuff Lucas knows, and some are things I haven't

on."

in her eyes. "But I'm also loyal to my Luna. I can't give

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

my hands in reassurance. "I can't give you a straight answer without knowing

the need to unburden myself and the fear of betrayal. Selene's

now, Selene reminds me

"Selene isn't a dog. She's

one of bewilderment. Her brows knit together, creasing her forehead as she processes my

asks slowly, her eyes flickering between

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out of her. It's

about her"

in Vanessa's eyes. "Oh. That's good, at least." But I can see the wheels turning in

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

unlikely to happen." Vanessa frowns. "Let me think this through for a moment. There has to be a better way." It

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,

mind.

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

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

thoughtful. "And what about your mother's wolf? Will she be

catches me off guard, and I find myself at a loss for words. Loyalty is a complex thing, especially when it comes to the dynamics between

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