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."

both warm my heart and send my hackles up. "I'm not a

He's always trying to calm me down, and for some reason that

The begrudging approval in her voice helps soothe that vague restless feeling

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

that thought in mind, the

idea, and you're

Shit.

phone goes dead for a few seconds, and

well

I are going to try talking to Mom's wolf. She might be more willing to give

The silence continues.

enough

with a grim note in his voice I've

a little. "You can't. You

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Leaving in this situation..."

and you expect me to stay here and

wide as Lucas' fury lashes through the speaker. What the hell? My heart races, confusion and shock warring inside me. "Lucas, wait, let me explain.

when Alpha Renard realizes you aren't defective af His words hit me like a punch to the gut, and I physically recoil, curling in on myself. Selene growls low in her throat, hackles rising as she glares at the

anger

gritting my teeth. "I'm not under your

already a riot on your front lawn. You need to be safe, not taking unnecessary risks "That's not fair! I'm trying to help Lisa, or

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take care of it?

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 were safe on pack grounds. I never would have asked

to throw all my

idea how hard

"You might

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

can't stop me from trying to help my best friend, especially if you won't even listen to

listening, but you're being blind to your situation.

treat me like glass! I can handle myself." Even as I say the

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