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.

teach you to land on your

voice is way

be drilling you on falls again tomorrow morning," my mate

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

all the way

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

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

like pot roast. And potatoes. "Have

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it. They gave it

a dog around, because the list of people

that Selene?"

got

wolf misses her. He's been

"I miss you, too."

like that come much easier after having

times before.

with a sigh,

the room. "Oh, that's weird.

"No one wants to eavesdrop when I'm on the phone with you.

my chest. "Sounds like you're in

in his demeanor, even through the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling

bed, Selene curling up beside

bitter edge to his

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the good of my pack, Ava. I

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

on my bottom lip. It's not like I can argue with him.

worried about Alpha Talon of Whispering Pines. He's been an absolute

I've heard he's a neutral and fair alpha." Though, granted, it's not like I know that much about any

but neutral. I need you to promise me you'll stay away from the Whispering Pines

without hesitation. "I have no reason to go near them