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."

only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on

"I don't want to."

wolves just do

to

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Humans

in the darkness. I hate to admit

like that he's

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my

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

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

Ava and Lucas need to be around each

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.

Kellan confirms. "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

lot less romantic when you

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

ask you something?"

"Anything," he replies immediately.

mean, with us? With this whole...

It's like he isn't even breathing, until

up

to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily

if I decide I don't

He's quiet again.

going to force me, are you? Drag me into

sounds strangled when he responds, "Of

relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles

Lisa. Humans Have

realize 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,

Lisa, I know you're an independent soul.

you are going to do it and you're

Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in

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

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 to take in," he says softly. "Hell, it's a lot for me too. But I meant what I

you need."

I ask you

"Of course."

as well ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is it just... attraction? Or is there more to

though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing piece of

gone."

stomach. It

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