Tangled

Chapter 181

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181 Ava: Twenty Laps Around the Track

Muddy Blue Eyes turns back in my direction, and while I can't sense any sort of real respect or care, he at least reclaims a

professional air when he addresses me.

Before he can ask anything important, I have an odd, niggling little bug in my car from what he'd said a few moments ago. "Five miles around the track is twenty laps?" I ask, with a faint frown. 1-what? His confusion is clear in his wrinkled brow and hesitation. "Yes. Twenty laps."

"Not twelve?"

"No. It's twenty. Four laps to a mile

My memory is very clear of my torture during training, and I know that can't be right. "Jericho told us to run five miles, and it was always twelve laps."

"Beta-Mentor Ashbourne?" Muddy-Blue Eyes looks astonished, his brows rising. "Only twelve laps? Are you sure?"

"Positive. He had us count them. The memory of my jello-legs after each lap have me shuddering. "It was torture."

"Torture? She's been blessed by the Moon Goddess for his favor, and she calls it torture," Muddy-

Blue Eyes' partner mutters, looking out the window and bringing his hand to his lips in a gesture of faith I've seen often in Westwood, but almost never in Blackwood. It's always the older wolves who do it. "Pertaps Beta Mentor Ashbourne

oft on newbies? I suggest

soft

and Muddy Blue Eyes shakes his head in a firm negative. Then ! pause, rolling that name over in my head. "Wait. Ashbourne... isn't that Kellan's family name?

"Beta Mentor Jericho is Beta Kellan's father, Muddy Blue Eyes confirms. "When he stepped down as beta to focus on training young wolves, Beta Kellan took his place."

Ah.

The odd feeling between them now makes sense. It doesn't seem like a favorable father-son connection, somehow.

"I see." In a few minutes, I've learned more about the man who spent ages training me and Lisa for hours every day than I did. when he was training us.

Another eye-opening experience.

nearly in half, instead of forcing us to run the full five miles-while Lisa and I bemoaned every mile, thinking we were really running

ranking

miles might have actually

kind," I say after a while, realizing both men seem to be

replaced with these two, which

These two...

them before. I know they've

more than once.

don't even

Blue Eyes snorts, before walking to the window and peering outside.

Mentor.

only agree. Kind is not really a word

it's there, hidden in his gruff words and demands

glance at each other. Neither of them say

Selene perks her cars. Something's happening. Maybe they'll explain

been fiddling with them for a while, and my

as her claws dig into my thigh. Sorry. But my stomach is churning, acid

Eyes seems to be done talking, I lean

"What's going on?"

shakes his head.

Well, that's good

that doesn't answer

either end of the room Muddy

pause.

because he shares a few quick words before closing it again, and their footsteps don't leave back

is

Whatever happened-it's significant.

unable to ignore

finally speaks up, his words clipped and devoid of emotion. "The bodies were

chest. "How is that even

silent, their faces unreadable. Selene shifts beside me, her hackles raised, sensing the unease permeating

room.

right, that dhampir. This is far worse

give me

they possibly

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