Tangled

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204 Ava: You Know About the Fae?

My phone rings just as Kellan pulls into the driveway of the alpha lodge, waking me from a light doze

"Hello?"

"Ava."

Lucas' voice is warm and soft, despite the edge of exhaustion I can

hear within it.

"Hey, handsome." My lips curve even as my cheeks heat; being flirtatious doesn't come naturally.

Kellan's stare in my direction doesn't help the embarrassment churning in my gut, and I hop out of the SUV as quickly as I can.

Of course, I stumble, my foot somehow catching in the seatbelt in my hurry, and the phone clatters out of my grasp, skittering across the driveway as I shriek, falling onto half my face and scratching up both hands.

My knees are somehow spared, but there are a lot of people helping me to my feet.

Too many people. All of them careful not to make eye contact, even as Kellan rushes over to check me for injuries.

"My phone. I need my phone." Lucas is probably freaking out.

"Marcus has it. He's talking to him." After reassuring himself that I haven't broken anything and am-more or less-intact, Kellan steps back and Marcus slides my phone into my hand.

"Ava? Are you okay?"

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204 Ava: You Know About the Fae?

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just got tangled up in the seatbelt and fell."

Having to actually say it out loud somehow makes the entire

situation even worse.

teach you to land on

shifter's voice is way too

falls again tomorrow morning," my mate says, sounding way too

cheeks burn. I can

the

a blur of white and grey fur barrels into me, nearly knocking me off my feet. Selene's tongue is everywhere, her entire body wiggling

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

Kind of like pot roast. And

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Ava: You Know About

They

because the list of people feeding Selene

that Selene?" Lucas

got to my

her. He's been whining about it. He misses you, too. And so do

"I miss you, too."

easier after

times before.

bed with a sigh, I realize Marcus

"Oh, that's weird. Where's Marcus?" I

"No one wants to eavesdrop

"Sounds like you're in a good mood. How did the Council meeting

immediately, I can feel the shift in his demeanor, even through the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling in my ear. "Negotiating with alphas

curling up beside me.

to his laugh.

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Know

my pack, Ava. I

because

I can argue

Whispering Pines. He's

fair alpha." Though, granted, it's not like I know that much about any of

only because you've never met him, love. Trust me, he's anything but neutral.

I say without hesitation. "I have