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 unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on the couch," I point out in a vague

"I don't want to."

These wolves just do what they want and damn

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sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I

like that

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my

He thinks you're his mate and he's being all caveman about it.

subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their own space, don't you

need to be

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

mate 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 hum. "So, they literally

feel wrong and anxious without his

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

silence, but it feels different now. Less awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line

you something?" I venture

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With

isn't even breathing, until

up

this is a lot to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into

decide I don't

He's quiet again.

force me, are you? Drag me into

he responds, "Of

into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles starts to unwind, but it's

Lisa. Humans

over my words, trying to

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

creeping back in. "So... does that mean you are going to do

eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to come to me

everything-the chaos of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a

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 for me too. But I meant what I said

you need."

I ask

"Of course."

explain things, I may as well ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean?

it. It's a deep, instinctual connection.

gone."

my stomach. It sounds romantic,

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