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."

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

"I don't want to."

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in the darkness. I hate to admit it,

that

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

of his voice has all my

thinks you're his mate and

us. "It's

slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be around

piques, momentarily overriding my

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.

time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and his aggression will increase

More reasons this whole mate thing is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with

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

I ask you something?" I venture after

"Anything," he replies immediately.

mean, with us? With this whole... mate

goes very, very still. It's like he isn't even

up

I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily ever

decide I don't want

He's quiet again.

force me, are you? Drag me into your cave and have your wicked way with

when he

into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in

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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 it's not him specifically,

an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is

my eyes, suspicion creeping back in. "So... does that mean you are going to do

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

in his voice sends a shiver down my spine. I believe him, I realize. Despite everything-the chaos of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a bomb-I believe that Kellan won't force

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

you need."

I ask

"Of course."

ask all the questions we humans want to know.

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

gone."

a flutter through my stomach. It sounds

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