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."

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

soothing tone. He's always trying to

going to be protective of his mate, Selene murmurs, The begrudging approval in her voice helps soothe that vague

force myself to relax. It's Lucas. He's done so much for

that thought in mind, the words come

idea, and you're going

Shit.

dead for a few seconds,

well tell

She might be more willing to give us any

The silence continues.

enough

with a grim note in his voice I've never

little. "You can't.

3/5

Leaving in this situation..."

do crazy bullshit again, and you expect

the phone away from my ear, my eyes wide as Lucas' fury lashes through the speaker. What the hell? My heart

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

prick at my eyes, but anger flares hot on

my spine, gritting my teeth.

You can't keep yourself out of trouble for one goddamn second! How long have you been in Blackwood? And there's already a riot on your front lawn. You need to be safe, not taking unnecessary risks

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take care of it?

know how many families I had to speak to? Do you know how many

isn't my pack. But you have to throw all my efforts. in

how hard it was

"You might

you don't trust me to bring Lisa back. Or that I'm doing things with your best interest in mind. You don't think about me, and the lack of respect absolutely blows my fucking

from trying to help my best friend,

blind to your situation. It's too dangerous, Ava. I'm trying

glass! I can handle myself." Even as I say

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