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."

glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on the couch," I point

"I don't want to."

do what

ahout it to then a

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in the darkness. I hate to admit it, but I

that he's

and Lucas are

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice has all my lady

his mate and he's being all caveman about

change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their own

slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be

momentarily overriding my

imagine a sapling that's just been planted. It needs constant care, water, and

together. She'll feel wrong and

bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the

myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line

something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With

he isn't

up

is a lot to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily ever after.

decide I don't want

He's quiet again.

are you? Drag me into

he

the mattress. The tension that

Humans

widen as I realize how my words must have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain that

I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you or

that mean you are going to do it and you're

Kellan-half groan, half laugh. "No, Lisa. I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to come to me of your own

of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on

propping himself up on one 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

you need."

ask you something

"Of course."

ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is it just... attraction? Or is

though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of

gone."

words send a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic,

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