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.

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

eyes narrow. "You don't smell like

I'm about to unleash a tirade on this insensitive jerk when a bone-chilling growl cuts

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

behind the naked shifter.

Bad move.

can feel the

hands 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, and I find myself frozen in place, caught between terror and awe. "Mating instincts are quite strong, the Grand

at him, not sure if I should try to back away or stand still. Which is less likely to get the wolf's attention?

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

into Grey's Anatomy.

in a swift motion to get between me and the Grand Sage,

you, woll" Unaffected by the fierce visage of a growling

Excuse me?

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

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

shifting into his wolf form again and cowering

lost their damn

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

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. "We need to continue

displeased by the interruption. For a moment, I think it might snap at the

Muscles ripple and bones realign, the wolf's body stretching and morphing into a

familiar human form.

Kellan.

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,