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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"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.

Never once did I teach you to land on

voice is way too

going to be drilling you on falls again tomorrow morning,"

God," I mutter into the phone, feeling my cheeks burn. I can practically hear the old wolf's smirk, even with my

Lucas over the phone all the way to my room, though I can feel Kellan's gaze on me every few steps, as if he's

open the door, 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 with the force of her wagging tail. No one would expect her inner soul to be wolf with

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

does. Kind of like pot roast.

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it. They gave it to

like having a dog around, because the list of

that Selene?"

I just got to

He's been whining about it. He misses you,

"I miss you, too."

easier after having

times before.

onto my bed with a sigh,

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

me, since he's on the phone. "No one wants to eavesdrop when I'm on the phone with

like you're in a

shift in his demeanor, even through the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling in my ear. "Negotiating with alphas is much like negotiating with children. They're all so

onto the bed, Selene curling up beside

to

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good of my pack, Ava.

going to the Council for permission because I knew they'd try

not like I can argue with

Pines. He's been an

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

never met him, love. Trust me, he's anything but neutral. I need you to promise me you'll stay

I say without hesitation. "I have no reason to