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."

with the comforter-soft and warm and smelling like Downy-I dare to glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his

"I don't want to."

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

that he's

and Lucas are

I'm sure they are.

his voice

Lisa. Bad! He thinks you're his mate and he's being all caveman about

us.

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

momentarily overriding my discomfort.

needs constant care, water, and sunlight to grow strong roots. The mate

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

It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly

contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light,

I ask you something?"

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With

like he isn't even

up

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

don't want this?

He's quiet again.

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

when he

of relief, my body relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had

Lisa. Humans Have

eyes 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 it's not

Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do

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

strange sound escapes Kellan-half groan, half laugh. "No, Lisa. I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense

the past few days, the whole mate

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

you need."

I ask you

"Of course."

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

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

gone."

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

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