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."

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 point

"I don't want to."

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

that he's

hope Ava and

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice has

Lisa. Bad! He thinks you're his mate and he's being all caveman about it. Don't give

the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple

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

curiosity piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort. "Why's

mate 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

will demand that time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and

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

silence, but it feels different now. Less awkward, more... contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's

I ask you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With this

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

up

to just fall into my arms and live happily ever after. We can take things as

if... if I decide I don't want this? The mate thing,

He's quiet again.

me into your cave and have your wicked way

when he

a sigh of relief, my body relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles starts to

Lisa. Humans Have

over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain

I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you

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

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

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

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

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is

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

gone."

a flutter through my stomach. It sounds romantic,

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