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."

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 don't want to."

doesn't. These wolves just do what they want

I want to ha anave, ahout it to then a fit and damand haalaan

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inane sort of sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness.

like that

and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

his voice has all my lady

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

change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right

gaze softening slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be around each other

overriding

bond requires proximity," 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 mate bond is similar." I let out a little hum. "So, they literally need to be in each

time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without

this whole mate thing is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with

awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in

something?"

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With

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

up

you to just

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

He's quiet again.

you? Drag me into your cave and

strangled when he responds,

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

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must have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain

his broad shoulders slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul.

"So... does that mean you

His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in

voice sends a 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 into anything. ""Oh," I breathe out, not sure what

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 to take in," he says

you need."

I ask you

"Of course."

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

more than 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

gone."

words send a flutter through my stomach. It

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