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."

comforter-soft and warm 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

"I don't want to."

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inane sort of sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I hate to admit it, but I

like that

Ava and

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my lady

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

desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's

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

curiosity piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort.

just been planted. It needs constant care, water, and sunlight to grow strong roots. The mate

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

is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly

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

ask you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

with us? With this

It's like he isn't even breathing, until he finally talks again.

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. We

don't want this?

He's quiet again.

force me, are you? Drag me into your cave and have your wicked

strangled when he responds, "Of course

mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles starts to unwind,

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 know you're an independent soul. The

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

His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to

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 into anything. ""Oh," I breathe out, not sure

propping himself up on one elbow. The movement causes the blanket to slip further 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

you need."

ask you something

"Of course."

I may 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

than just physical attraction, though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual connection. Like finding a missing

gone."

through my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure, but

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