Tangled

Chapter 277

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277 Lisa: Kellan

After the third time I stumble while walking, the naked shifter stares at me with a curled lip.

"Why are humans so weak?" he asks, his tone grating on my already frayed nerves.

1 bristle at his words. Who does he think he is? "None of your business," I snap, surprising myself

voice. I

with the venom in my ericho said I do pretty well for a human, thank you very much. I'm

just weakened.

I'll get back into shape and then wipe that cocky stare off his face on the mat.

Though, I have yet to have a legitimate win without any handicaps during our training spars...

But a girl can dream, damn it.

The shifter's eyebrows shoot up, clearly taken aback by my sass. He peers at me more closely, his brow furrowing. "Do I know you?"

Before I can answer, he leans in, his nostrils flaring as he sniffs at me. I recoil, but he's already pulling back, a puzzled expression on his face.

"You don't have much of a scent," he says, sounding perplexed.

mess with my scent, too. It bolsters my courage for

narrow. "You don't smell like you've showered

to unleash a tirade on

wolf emerges from nowhere, its teeth bared and hackles raised. Without thinking, I

behind the naked shifter.

Bad move.

feel the naked shifter stiffen in front

itself between me and the other shifter. Its massive jaws snap at the naked man, a growl so loud it

is less likely to get the wolf's attention? It seems angry.

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make sense soon, he assures me, looking for all the world as fascinated as

into Grey's Anatomy.

growls again, this time turning in a swift motion to get between me

the fierce visage of a

Excuse me?

wolf lets out a remarkably satisfied-sounding huff and turns to rub hard against my thighs, almost knocking me off balance. When I grab at its fur to

on?" I hiss at the naked shifter, who looks panicked by my

before shifting into his wolf form again and

everyone lost

surprise, the beast seems to melt under my touch, its eyes half-closing in bliss

my mind. I turn to the Grand Sage, unable to keep the bitterness from my voice. Bitterness, to be clear, that he was willing to sacrifice me off to a rabid wolf. "What the hell is going on?" The gnome's eyes twinkle with amusement, and I fight the urge to shake him. "If you can't figure it out now, my dear, you will soon enough." He turns to address the wolf.

lets out a loud rumble-growl, clearly displeased by the interruption. For a moment, I think it might snap at the Grand

fur recedes, revealing smooth, tanned skin. Muscles ripple and bones realign, the wolf's

familiar human form.

Kellan.

registered, I find myself appreciating Kellan's form with a reverence that surprises me.

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