Tangled

Chapter 310

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310 Lisa: Humans Have Pheromones?

LISA

Kellan's stare leaves me unsettled. It's been intense ever since our reunion.

I'm grateful for the space he's given me-this whole fated mate business is like being slammed into by a rogue freight train-but there's a whole lot of little things that keep throwing his feelings into the foreground, making it impossible to ignore. Like how he touches me a little too often.

How he watches my every move.

He hasn't kissed me again, but it doesn't make the current situation any less awkward.

"Can't sleep?" he asks, as if us sharing a bed and him lying on his side to stare at me for the past hour is somehow conducive to falling asleep.

"Nope." The word pops out with a little more sass than I intend, but damn it, does he have to

stare at me like that?

"Oh."

And awkward silence again.

"So, why couldn't I just bunk with Dr. Blackwell?" My question breaks the uneasy tension

between us.

"They don't have an extra bed," he explains easily.

"And no empty beds anywhere else? At all? Just-none?"

"None."

"No sleeping bags?"

"No."

"Extra blanket?"

"Not even one of those."

He's lying through his damn perfect teeth.

"You have a couch," I point out. I saw it. I know it's there.

"People come in and out at all times of day. It isn't the safest place to sleep. Better to be in bed."

like Downy-I dare to glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You

"I don't want to."

These wolves just do

it to then a fit and damand

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Humans Have

sort of sound and watch the ceiling in the

that he's

and

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice has all my lady bits

you're his mate and he's

throat, desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated

softening slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to

curiosity piques, momentarily overriding my

bond requires proximity," he explains, his voice taking on a lecturer's tone. "Especially in the beginning stages. It's like... imagine a sapling that's just been planted. It needs constant care, water, and sunlight to grow strong roots. The mate bond is similar." I let out a

bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious

is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped

awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line of his jaw, the

I ask you something?" I venture after

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us?

he isn't even breathing, until he

up

don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily ever after. We

I don't want this?

He's quiet again.

going to force me, are you? Drag me into

he

relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles

Humans

have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do

sighs, his broad shoulders slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do

that mean you

I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and

my spine. I believe him, I realize. Despite everything-the chaos of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on

elbow. The movement causes the blanket to slip further down his chest. He doesn't have a shirt on, which is far too enticing for a woman like me. Especially when I'm trying so hard to not fall into his arms. "I know this is a lot to take in," he says softly. "Hell, it's a lot for me too. But I meant what I said

you need."

ask you

"Of course."

things, I may as well ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is

certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual

gone."

my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure,

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