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.

must mess with my scent, too. It bolsters my courage for some reason. "That's because humans

narrow. "You don't smell like

The audacity! I'm about to unleash a tirade

massive reddish-brown wolf emerges from nowhere, its teeth bared and hackles raised. Without

behind the naked shifter.

Bad move.

through my chest. I can feel the naked

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

him, not sure if I should try to back away or stand still. Which is less likely to get the wolf's attention? It seems angry. I don't want to be within bite range

277 Lisa Kollan

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looking for all the world as fascinated as a

into Grey's Anatomy.

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

fierce visage of a growling apex predator, he gestures in my

Excuse me?

lets out a remarkably satisfied-sounding huff and turns to rub hard against my thighs, almost knocking me off balance.

at the naked shifter, who looks

wolf form again and cowering to the ground like the

lost their

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

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

For a moment, I think it might snap at the

breath catches in my throat as the fur recedes, revealing smooth, tanned skin. Muscles ripple and bones realign, the wolf's body stretching and morphing into a human form. A

familiar human form.

Kellan.

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 Kellan's