Tangled

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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.

my scent, too. It bolsters my courage for some reason. "That's because humans like to shower," I retort, my chin

don't smell

just say that? The audacity! I'm about to unleash a

into my throat as a massive reddish-brown wolf emerges from nowhere, its teeth bared and

behind the naked shifter.

Bad move.

I can feel the naked shifter stiffen in front

forward, placing itself between me and the other shifter. Its massive jaws snap at the naked man, a growl so loud it drowns out everything else. Around us, the other wolves drop to the ground, bellies pressed to the earth in submission. The air crackles with tension, and I find myself frozen in place, caught between terror and

I hiss at him, not sure if I should try to back away or stand still. Which is less likely to

277 Lisa Kollan

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soon, he assures me, looking for all the

into Grey's Anatomy.

to get between me and the Grand Sage, snapping impatiently in the gnome's

fierce visage of a growling apex predator,

Excuse me?

and turns to rub hard against my thighs, almost knocking me off

hiss at the naked shifter, who looks panicked by

his wolf form again and cowering to the ground like the

everyone lost their damn

run my fingers through the angry wolf's fur, unsure of how to handle this situation. To my surprise, the beast seems to melt under my touch, its eyes half-closing in bliss as its tail wags. The fierce growling from moments ago transforms into a contented

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

the interruption. For a moment, I think it might snap at the Grand Sage, but then it heaves a heavy sigh. Before my eyes, the wolf's form begins to shift and

ripple and bones realign, the wolf's

familiar human form.

Kellan.

I take him in, unable to stop myself from drinking in every inch of his naked body. Unlike the other shifter, whose nudity had barely registered, I find myself appreciating