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."

direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on the couch," I point

"I don't want to."

These wolves just do what they want and

it to then a

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and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I hate to admit it, but I

that

hope Ava and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

his voice has all my lady bits

Bad! He thinks you're his mate and

between us. "It's only right

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

momentarily overriding my

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,

bond will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and

less romantic when you suddenly get slapped

lapse into silence, but it feels different now. Less awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line of his jaw, the warmth in

something?" I venture after

"Anything," he replies immediately.

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

isn't even breathing, until he finally

up

Lisa. I know this is a lot to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall

if... if I decide I don't want

He's quiet again.

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

he responds,

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

Lisa. Humans Have

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, but this

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

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

to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine, intense and sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to come to me

whole mate situation being dropped on me 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 said earlier-we can take this as

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

want to know. "What exactly does being

just physical attraction, though that's certainly part of it. It's

gone."

a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic, sure, but also

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