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."

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

"I don't want to."

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

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

like that

Ava and Lucas are

I'm sure they are.

of his voice has

his mate and he's being all caveman about it. Don't

throat, desperate to change the subject from the tension simmering between us.

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

overriding

bond requires 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

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

kind of bullshit. It's a lot less romantic

lapse into 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

ask you something?" I venture after a

"Anything," he replies immediately.

with us? With this whole...

isn't even breathing,

up

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

don't want this? The mate thing,

He's quiet again.

Drag me into your cave

he responds,

relaxing into the mattress. The tension that had been coiling in my muscles starts to unwind,

Humans

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,

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

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

escapes Kellan-half groan, half laugh. "No, Lisa. I would never do that to you. Never." His gray eyes lock onto mine,

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

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

you need."

ask you something

"Of course."

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

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

gone."

send a flutter through my stomach. It sounds

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