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."

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

"I don't want to."

do what they want and damn

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

like that

hope Ava and Lucas are

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my lady

mate and he's being all caveman about it.

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

to be around each other as

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

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 other's presence? Like, all

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

less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with the label yourself one day

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

something?" I venture

"Anything," he replies immediately.

with us? With this

he isn't even breathing, until he finally talks

up

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

decide I don't want this? The mate

He's quiet again.

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

strangled when he responds, "Of course

the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in

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eyes widen as I realize how 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 whole situation

his broad shoulders slumping slightly. "Look, Lisa, I know you're an independent soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you or make you

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

do that to you. Never." His gray eyes

Despite everything-the chaos of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a bomb-I believe that

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

you need."

ask you

"Of course."

well ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly

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

gone."

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

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