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."

warm my heart and

you were, Ava." Immediately into that soothing tone. He's always trying to calm me down, and for some reason that makes me

The begrudging approval in her

soft feel of Selene's fur beneath my hands, I force myself to relax. It's Lucas. He's

that thought in mind, the words

have an idea, and you're going

Shit.

a few

as well tell him

She might be more willing to give us any

The silence continues.

is strong enough

there Lucas interrupts me with a grim note in his voice

little. "You can't. You have so much to do

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Leaving in this situation..."

mate is trying to do crazy bullshit again, and you

the speaker. What the hell? My heart races, confusion and shock warring inside me. "Lucas, wait, let me explain.

be doing anything like this. I've given in to you too many times. What are you going to do when Alpha Renard realizes you aren't defective af His words hit me like a punch to the gut, and I physically recoil,

but anger flares hot on

teeth.

your front lawn. You need to be safe, not taking unnecessary risks "That's not fair! I'm

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take care of it?

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

of how much effort I'm making in trying to get Lisa back, even when she isn't my pack. But you have to throw all my efforts. in my face, don

hard it was to do

"You might

with secrets, but you don't trust me to bring Lisa back. Or that I'm doing things with your best interest in mind. You don't

help my best friend,

being blind to your situation. It's too

treat me like glass! I can handle myself." Even as I say the words, doubt coils in my

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