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.

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

don't smell like

say that? The audacity! I'm about to unleash a tirade on this insensitive jerk when a bone-chilling growl cuts

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

behind the naked shifter.

Bad move.

new wolf's growl intensifies, the sound reverberating through my chest. I can feel

once I've been sacrificed, a look of fear flashing across his face. The enormous wolf bounds 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,

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

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he assures me, looking for

into Grey's Anatomy.

motion to get between me and the Grand Sage, snapping

woll" Unaffected by the fierce visage of a growling apex predator, he

Excuse me?

rub hard against my thighs, almost knocking me off balance. When I grab at its fur to hold

is going on?" I hiss at the naked shifter, who

shifting into his wolf form

lost their

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

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

a loud rumble-growl, clearly displeased by 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

smooth, tanned skin. Muscles ripple and bones

familiar human form.

Kellan.

inch of his naked body. Unlike the other shifter, whose nudity had barely registered, I find myself appreciating Kellan's form with a reverence that surprises me. My gaze travels from his broad shoulders down his chiseled chest,