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."

Fiddling with the comforter-soft and warm and 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 couch," I point

"I don't want to."

doesn't. These wolves just do what they want and damn

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Lisa: Humans

sort of sound and watch the ceiling in

that

Ava and Lucas are getting

I'm sure they are.

his voice has all

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

throat, desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only right to give the newly mated couple their

his intense gaze softening slightly. "Absolutely. Ava and Lucas need to be around each other as much as possible for the next few

overriding my discomfort.

been planted. It needs constant care, water, and sunlight to grow strong roots. The mate bond is

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

a lot less romantic when you suddenly get slapped with

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

something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us? With

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

up

to take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into

I don't want this?

He's quiet again.

Drag me

sounds strangled when he responds, "Of

a sigh of relief, my body relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had

Humans Have

I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain that it's not

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 feel

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

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

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

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.

you need."

I ask

"Of course."

the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is it just... attraction? Or is there more to

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

gone."

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

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