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."

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

"I don't want to."

wolves just do what they want and damn

I want to ha anave, ahout it to then a fit and

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Lisa: Humans Have

inane sort of sound and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I hate to admit

that

hope Ava and Lucas

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice has all

Lisa. Bad! He thinks you're his mate and he's being all caveman

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

Lucas need to be around each other

piques, momentarily overriding my discomfort. "Why's

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

together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without

reasons this whole mate thing is kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic when

contemplative. I find myself studying Kellan's face in the dim light, noting the strong line of

ask you something?"

"Anything," he replies immediately.

now? I mean, with us?

like he isn't even breathing, until he finally talks

up

expect you to just fall into

don't want this? The

He's quiet again.

aren't going to force me, are you? Drag me

strangled when he responds,

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

Lisa. Humans Have

I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying to

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

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

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

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 else

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 as slow

you need."

ask you

"Of course."

kind as to explain things, I may as well ask all the questions we humans want to know. "What exactly does being mates mean? Like, practically speaking. Is it just... attraction? Or is

certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual

gone."

stomach. It

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