Tangled

Chapter 172

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The jarring melody blares out of my phone, startling me nearly out. of my skin.

Selene's ears flick as I grab it, seeing Lucas' name flash across the screen. Both butterflies and dread swim through me; butterflies, because it's Lucas.

Dread, because I'm hiding things from him again.

"Hello?"

"I miss you."

H

His greeting is so him, and my lips curl up immediately. "I miss you,

too."

"Are you okay? Hurt anywhere?"

Of course, he knows about the riot. "I'm fine. Not hurt at all. Everyone kept me safe."

When he sighs, I can imagine his face, how his brows furrow as he inspects me. "I wish you hadn't come outside."

"I held my own, though, didn't I?" There's a little pride in my voice over that.

"So I hear. It would have been better if you weren't in danger, though."

Vanessa's stopped pacing to stare out the window, still in thought. Selene flops into my lap, and I scratch behind her ears absently. "You can't shelter me from everything."

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"I should be able to."

the way his words both warm my heart and send my hackles up. "I'm not a child,

always trying to calm

murmurs, The begrudging

myself to relax. It's Lucas. He's done so

mind, the words come

idea, and

Shit.

for a few

well

talking to Mom's wolf. She might be more willing to give

The silence continues.

is strong enough to

Lucas interrupts me with a grim note in his voice

"You can't. You have so much

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Leaving in this situation..."

is trying to do crazy bullshit again, and you expect

my eyes wide as Lucas' fury lashes through the speaker. What the hell? My heart races, confusion and shock warring inside

going to do when Alpha Renard realizes you aren't defective af His words hit me like a punch to the gut, and I

anger

my teeth. "I'm not under

be safe, not taking unnecessary risks "That's not fair! I'm trying to help Lisa, or have you forgotten about her?" My voice rises with each word, trembling with

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take care of it?

did that go for you? I gave in to you and there was an entire massacre on pack lands, Ava. Do you know how many families I had to speak to? Do you know how many bodies are Bile rises in my throat. "I thought we

to get Lisa back, even when she isn't my pack. But you have to throw all my efforts. in my face, don "I don't trust you? I told you my secrets." Blinking away tears as rapidly as they fill my eyes, I struggle to keep

how hard

"You might

that I'm doing things with your best interest in mind. You don't think about me, and the lack of

my best friend, especially

listening, but you're being blind to your situation. It's too dangerous, Ava. I'm trying to

like glass! I can handle myself." Even as I say the words, doubt

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