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."

smelling like Downy-I dare to glance in his direction again, only to be caught by his unblinking gray eyes. "You could sleep on the

"I don't want to."

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

like that he's

hope Ava and Lucas are

I'm sure they are.

voice

and he's being all caveman about it.

my throat, desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their own space, don't

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

overriding

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

"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

of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the label yourself one day out of nowhere.

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

something?" I venture after a

"Anything," he replies immediately.

happens now? I mean, with us? With this

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

up

don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily ever

don't want this? The mate thing,

He's quiet again.

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

he responds,

tension that had been

Humans

My eyes widen as I realize how my words must have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to

I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want

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

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 sincere in the dim lighting. "I want you to

the whole mate situation being dropped on me

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 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

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

to know.

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

gone."

flutter through my stomach.

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