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

washes over me and I

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

on."

conflict. flickering in her eyes. "But I'm also loyal to my Luna. I can't give you a strai my own judgment. However, if this endangers the

I assure her, my interruption swift. "It doesn't endanger Westwood. But Lucas won't like that I'm doing things

as she squeezes my hands in reassurance. "I can't give you a

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

Selene reminds me

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

one of bewilderment. Her brows knit together, creasing

that possible?" she asks slowly, her eyes flickering between me and Selene, who yawns from her

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grimace. "Honestly, I've yet to get a straight answer out of her. It's impossible. She drinks secrets

about her"

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

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. "And only an alpha can force a switch in pack allegiance. Even then, it's only a temporary measure.

a moment. There has to be a better way." It would be good if there is,

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

mind.

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

But there are too many variables to

her expression thoughtful. "And what about your mother's wolf? Will she be loyal to

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

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