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."

smelling like Downy-I dare 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

"I don't want to."

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Lisa: Humans Have

of sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I

like that he's

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

heated huskiness of his voice has all my lady bits

mate and he's

between us. "It's only right to give the

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

piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort.

"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

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

lot less romantic when

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

I ask you something?"

"Anything," he replies immediately.

happens now? I mean, with us? With this

like he isn't even breathing, until

up

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.

decide I don't want this? The mate thing, I

He's quiet again.

me into your cave and

strangled when he

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

Lisa. Humans Have

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, but this whole situation that has me

broad shoulders slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you

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

you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to come to me of

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

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

you need."

ask you

"Of course."

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

just physical attraction, though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of yourself you didn't even know

gone."

a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic,

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