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

"I don't want to."

course he doesn't. These wolves just do what they want

want to ha anave, ahout it to then a fit

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Lisa: Humans

watch the ceiling in the darkness. I hate

that

Ava and

I'm sure they are.

his voice has

thinks you're his mate and he's being

to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to

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

curiosity piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort. "Why's

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 little

that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and

mate thing is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the label

Less awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the

ask you something?" I venture after a

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us? With this

still. It's like he isn't even breathing, until he finally talks

up

to just fall into my arms and live

decide I don't want this? The

He's quiet again.

going to force me, are you? Drag me

he responds, "Of course

mattress. The tension that had been coiling

Humans

"No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain that it's

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

"So... does that mean you

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

the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a bomb-I believe that Kellan won't force me into anything. ""Oh," I breathe out, not sure what else to

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

you need."

ask

"Of course."

want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is it just... attraction? Or

that's certainly part of it. It's

gone."

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

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