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 warm and smelling like Downy-I dare to glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking

"I don't want to."

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

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

like that

and

I'm sure they are.

heated huskiness of his voice has all my lady bits

you're his mate and he's being all caveman about it. Don't

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

intense 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

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 need to be in each other's presence? Like, all the

confirms. "Their bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and his aggression will

a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the

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

you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

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

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

up

to just fall into my arms and live happily ever after. We can take things as slow as

if I decide I don't

He's quiet again.

are you? Drag me into

strangled when he responds, "Of

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

Lisa. Humans

my words, trying to backpedal. How

independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare

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

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

shiver down 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 a bomb-I believe that Kellan won't force me

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

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

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

of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of yourself you didn't even know

gone."

my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure, but

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