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.

how to fall. Never once did I teach you to land on your damn face," Jericho

voice is way too

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

feeling my cheeks burn. I can practically hear the old wolf's

and 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 making sure I'm

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

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

roast. And potatoes. "Have you

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it. They gave

because the list of people feeding Selene food is getting

that Selene?"

just got

"My wolf misses her. He's been whining about it.

"I miss you, too."

come much easier after having

times before.

onto my bed with a sigh, I realize

into the room. "Oh, that's

on the phone. "No one

blooms in my chest. "Sounds like you're in

sound crackling in my ear. "Negotiating with alphas is much like negotiating

curling up

There's a bitter edge to his laugh.

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of my pack, Ava. I went after

the Council for permission because I knew they'd

silent, chewing on my bottom lip. It's not like I can argue with him. Before

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

alpha." Though, granted, it's not like

love. Trust me, he's anything but neutral. I need you

"I have no reason