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 your damn face,"

old shifter's voice is

on falls again tomorrow morning," my mate says, sounding

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

more humid than outside. Comfortable silence settles between me 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

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

Kind of like pot roast.

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sneak it. They gave

dog around, because the list of people feeding Selene food is

Selene?"

just got to

her. He's been whining about

"I miss you, too."

that come much easier after having said

times before.

bed with a sigh, I

room. "Oh, that's weird. Where's

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

you're in a good mood. How did the Council

the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling in my

bed, Selene curling

I?" There's a bitter edge to his

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my pack,

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

It's not like I can argue with him. Before I

Talon of Whispering Pines. He's been an absolute fuck during

I frown. "But I've heard he's a neutral and fair alpha." Though, granted, it's not like

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

promise," I say without hesitation. "I have no reason