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."

and 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

"I don't want to."

doesn't. These wolves just do what they want

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Lisa: Humans

the ceiling in the darkness.

that he's

hope Ava and

I'm sure they are.

his voice has all my lady

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

the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their

Lucas need to be around each other as

overriding my

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

"Their bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and his aggression will increase when she isn't

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

contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line of his jaw, the warmth in his gray

something?" I venture after a

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us? With this whole...

he isn't even breathing, until he

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.

decide I don't want this?

He's quiet again.

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

he responds,

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

Lisa. Humans

"No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my

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

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

Kellan-half groan, half laugh. "No, Lisa. I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the

past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on

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

you need."

ask you

"Of course."

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

It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of yourself

gone."

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

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