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 barks from behind

old shifter's voice is

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

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

than outside. Comfortable silence settles between me and Lucas over the phone all the way to my room, though I can

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

overreaction to my return.

"Oof. Hi, Selene."

You smell weird.

do you." And she does. Kind of like pot roast. And potatoes. "Have you been sneaking food from

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it. They gave

list of people feeding Selene food is getting longer by

Selene?" Lucas

I just got to

makes a soft sound, before saying, "My wolf misses her. He's been whining about it. He misses you,

"I miss you, too."

easier after having said them

times before.

a sigh, I realize

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

since he's on the phone. "No one wants to eavesdrop when I'm on the phone with you. They know

in a good mood. How did the Council meeting

through the phone. He sighs heavily, the sound crackling in my ear. "Negotiating with alphas is much like negotiating with children.

bed, Selene curling up beside me. "You're

a bitter edge to his laugh. "I've done

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the good of my pack, Ava. I went

the Council for permission because

lip. It's not like I can argue

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

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

neutral.

have no reason to