Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 200

Chapter 200 Ava: Steve (I)

The phone rings.

And rings.

All I get is voicemail, three different times.

Knowing that Lucas is busy with the Council, I just send a quick text for him to call me back when he can.

A knock on my door interrupts us, and Jericho pokes his head in with his typical scowling face. "All good in here?"

"Good," I confirm, as Selene rubs her nose against the ground.

The older shifter watches her as he closes the door behind him. "What's wrong with that?"

The way he emphasizes the 'that' has Selene freezing mid-movement, her lip curling above her teeth in a silent snarl.

Did he just call me—?!

"She is fine. Just sniffed the book and got a little too much magic in her nose."

That grizzly head nods, like it's a normal occurrence. "Every pup has to learn sometime, I guess." After seeing the blank stare on my face, he says, "It isn't unusual to run into the occasional magical artifact. Witches magicked just about everything they put their hands on. One fellow even found a pair of magic underwear."

I stare at Jericho, my mouth hanging open. Magic underwear? Seriously?

He just shrugs, completely unfazed. "Witches are an odd breed."

Shaking his head, he changes the subject. "Your Mrs. Elkins is having breakfast downstairs. Care to join her?"

My heart leaps. "Yes, absolutely!" Eager to talk to her, to ask her more about this book, about magic, about everything, I almost fall back into an old routine.

Secrets.

Tell him, Selene murmurs.

before we go downstairs, I had a strange phone

* * *

Mrs. Elkins doesn't happen. Instead, I'm dragged to a strange building in the middle of White Peak, which looks like an abandoned warehouse more than anything

the building, while two

dusty air scratches my throat as we walk through the dimly lit warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making me feel

ask, my voice echoing off

land while

"Who

"You'll see soon enough."

building belonging in a movie,

"Who's Steve?"

been helping

reach a black metal door that creaks open with an ominous groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of stairs without a single light, except whatever's coming

lit basement that greets us. It looks like a professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the walls, and

wasn't expecting this," I admit as we

"No one ever

ten years old. As he climbs onto the chair, my heart drops to my feet, waiting for it to roll out

stares at us over the counter with a

he asks, his voice

I'm Kellan

sneer. "I remember you." His gaze shifts to me, and I feel like a bug

me. How does he know

his throat. "Ava

He studies me intently, his eyes narrowed, before

the very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he turns to us with

Steve is in

Okay. He's not Steve.

the hell is

ever as we step into the room. What kind of operation is this? And why would Lucas and Kellan be involved with a human

She's still upset about being left behind, but Kellan

the walls, filled with

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