Tangled

Chapter 265

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It isn't until we're walking that I realize still I don't hear Selene in my head. Her presence hasn't filled its

space.

I was so focused on Lucas that I forgot my own damn wolf. That's terrifying, in a way.

"Didn't you say Selene's here?"

"She was." He glances at me in the dim moonlight. "She's been coming and going a lot. Can't you talk to her?" He appears confused; I guess no one's

specifically told him that Selene and I can't contact each other over long distances.

"No."

"Oh." He's quiet as he processes that. "So you just... can't talk to your wolf?"

I shrug. "She's her own person. I guess it's because she isn't in my body."

Kellan makes an odd sort of noise in his throat. I glance at him in concern. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," he says, shaking his head. "Your bond

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with Selene is just strange. Communication isn't equal among wolves-some can have full conversations, some don't-but you're another level."

Ah. Yeah, it is weird. It's become such a normal part of my life, though. "Yeah." To me, it's strange to think

someone has a wolf and can't talk to them.

"How did you know to come here if you don't speak

with Selene?" Kellan asks.

mind. I open my mouth, ready to explain about Acarus again, figuring he'd forgotten

earlier.

might have

hits me like a sudden downpour, and I snap my mouth shut. We don't know who it is or if they're still here in this compound. Every word we say can

last word. I meet Kellan's eyes,

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raise slightly, but then understanding dawns on his face. He faces forward, but

tugging at the corner

"Smart idea."

I've seen since arriving. Which is

the

someone close to Lucas is working

My stomach churns.

***

me to a simple building. It's a long building with blacked out windows, looking desolate in the dark

inside. It's like walking into another world-sterile, bright, and

It's a modern hospital.

is jarring, and I

adjust

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doors, all closed. The familiar smell of antiseptic

beyond it, showing the faint shadowy outline of people as they walk past. Even this late at night, it's good to know

a real hospital?" I ask Kellan in a hushed

here for a long time." He taps at my shoulder, nudging me to follow

woman in crisp blue scrubs sits, her fingers flying over a keyboard.

syrupy sweet. "Alpha is sleeping at the moment. Is

forward. "Actually, yes. I've brought

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me, and in an instant, her demeanor changes. The warmth vanishes, replaced by a cool professionalism that borders on frigid. "I see," she says, her tone clipped. "I'm afraid visiting

I want to scream, to demand entry, to use whatever authority being his mate grants me, but I hold

would be unethical. Rude.

if it sounds

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