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

"I don't want to."

course he doesn't. These wolves just do what

to then

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an inane sort of sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I hate to admit

like that

hope Ava and

I'm sure they are.

of his voice has all my

Bad! He thinks you're his mate and he's being

us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their own

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

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

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

Kellan confirms. "Their bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious

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

find myself studying Kellan's face

I ask you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

with us? With this

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

up

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

if I decide I don't want this? The

He's quiet again.

to force me, are you? Drag me into your cave

he responds, "Of course

The tension

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don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do

soul. The

narrow my eyes, suspicion creeping back in. "So... does that mean you are going to do it and you're just lying to

"No, Lisa. I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock

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 me into anything. ""Oh," I breathe

when I'm trying so hard to not fall into his arms. "I know this is a lot to take in," he says

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking.

certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a

gone."

a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure, but also

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