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."

with the comforter-soft and warm and smelling like Downy-I dare to glance in his direction again, only to

"I don't want to."

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and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I

like that he's

hope Ava and

I'm sure they are.

voice has all my lady bits

Lisa. Bad! He thinks you're his mate and

my throat, desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us. "It's only

Ava and Lucas need to be around each other as much as possible for

momentarily overriding my discomfort. "Why's

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 the

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

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 face in the dim light, noting the strong line of his jaw, the warmth

you something?" I

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us? With this

like he isn't even breathing,

up

I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and

I don't want this? The mate thing, I

He's quiet again.

Drag me into your cave and have

he responds, "Of

the mattress. The tension that

Humans Have

"No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to backpedal. How do I explain that it's not him specifically,

soul. The last thing I want to do is scare you or make

mean you are going to do it

gray eyes lock onto mine, intense

spine. I believe him, I realize. Despite 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

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

you need."

I ask

"Of course."

we humans want to know.

that's certainly part of it. It's a

gone."

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

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