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."

to glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his

"I don't want to."

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Lisa: Humans Have

sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness.

that he's

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my lady

you're 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 space, don't

"Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be around each other as much as possible

overriding my

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

confirms. "Their bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and his aggression will increase when she

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

Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line of his jaw,

something?" I venture after

"Anything," he replies immediately.

happens now? I mean, with

he isn't even

up

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

decide I don't want this? The

He's quiet again.

aren't going to force me, are you? Drag me into your cave and

he

The tension that had

Humans

don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to

slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you or make you

creeping back in. "So... does that mean you are going to do it and you're just lying to me

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

few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a bomb-I believe that Kellan won't force me into

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

you need."

I ask

"Of course."

ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically

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

gone."

send a flutter through my stomach.

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