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 on the couch," I point out in a

"I don't want to."

doesn't. These wolves just do what

to then a fit

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Humans Have

and watch the ceiling in the darkness. I

that

and

I'm sure they are.

huskiness of his voice has all my lady bits

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

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

Ava and Lucas need to be

overriding my discomfort. "Why'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

time together. She'll feel wrong and anxious without his sense, and his aggression will increase when

It's a lot less romantic

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 in his gray

you something?" I venture after

"Anything," he replies immediately.

I mean, with us? With this

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

up

take in, and I don't expect you to just fall into my arms and live happily ever

decide I don't want this? The mate

He's quiet again.

Drag me into your cave and have your wicked

he

body relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles starts

Lisa. Humans

My eyes widen as I realize how my words must have sounded. "No! I mean, I don't-" I stumble over my words, trying

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

creeping back in. "So... does that mean you are

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 come to me of

of the past few days, the whole mate situation being dropped on me like a bomb-I believe that Kellan won't force me

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

you need."

I ask you something

"Of course."

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 there more

is more than just physical attraction, though that's certainly part of it. It's a deep, instinctual

gone."

my stomach.

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