Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 260

Chapter 260 Ava: Call It

"I know." Nibbling the side of my finger, my brows pull together. Why would he tell me to keep it safe, knowing it might be too dangerous?

What were the words he used again? They seemed significant.

"Ava, I need you to tell me you're not going to the Blackwood territory."

Jerking my head up, I blink at Vanessa's worried stare. "I'm not going. I'm just trying to think."

My brain's dead set on remembering what Magister Orion said.

What was it?

Call my book?

Yeah, that's it.

"The book is useless to anyone even if they find it," Marcus says, his words soft. Is he trying to comfort me? "Don't worry, Ava. It'll be a paperweight. Or, if we're lucky, they'll be allergic. Like Selene."

He is trying to comfort me.

How sweet.

"That's if we assume they don't know how to open it. The knowledge has been lost to us, but there are Fae involved now, remember?"

Marcus sighs. "Life was easier without this magic shit," he mutters, almost too soft for me to hear.

But I do.

My lips quirk. I agree with him wholeheartedly.

"Magister Orion said to call the book to me," I say, looking to Vanessa instead. Sometimes it helps to talk out my thought process. "He wouldn't have said it like that if I were to go pick it up, right?"

Her eyes squint as she thinks it through. "That sounds right. But what does it mean? Can you move it from place to place with your magic?"

My nose itches, and I rub at it in frustration. "I think that's exactly what he means, but I have no idea how to implement it." A long sigh, filled with regrets and lack of time. Time is always in short supply. "I wish Magister Orion had taught me something like that before everything happened."

into a small smile. "If wishes were

Then, despite the gravity of our situation, a laugh bubbles up from my chest. "I

of a simpler time, before I knew about the complexities of pack politics, before I discovered my own magical abilities, before the world seemed to be falling apart around us. Not a

grandmother used to say that all the time," Vanessa says, her eyes softening with

much as I appreciate the trip down memory lane, we should focus. It must

as if it's full of potholes, making it even harder to concentrate. "We spent most of our time on basic control exercises." Also known as the thing that would keep me from kabooming everyone within radius if I didn't get training. "I can light a candlestick if you need me too. Blackouts? I'm your girl. Summoning a magical book across hundreds

so much," Vanessa chimes in with a

close my eyes, trying to recall anything that might be useful. "He did mention something about intent being crucial in magic. He must think I'm capable of doing this, so I just need to figure out how.

side of the bench to face me. There are no seatbelts. Well, there

That makes sense. Magic seems

onto the idea. "If I lose concentration, I lose control. So it's the bedrock

back of Marcus' head can't hide his skepticism. Probably because it leaks out in his voice. "So

foolish. "Maybe? It's

leans over the seat to whisper, "He just doesn't have the imagination to comprehend what you can

can hear

chides. "Don't make her feel bad

the rest of his words. "Never

breath, I close my eyes and try to empty

in the road threatening to jostle me out of my concentration. A stale, acrid smell of cigarette smoke lingers in the air, tickling my nose and tempting me to sneeze. I push it all away, focusing on the task

in my mind, with the silky feel its leather cover and the ornate silver clasps, tarnished by age. The

what I

trying to center myself. The truck hits another pothole, and

Focus, Ava. Focus.

dance in my memory, swirling and shifting. I try to grasp them, to hold onto their meaning, but they slip

I need

my concentration. "Are

my eyes.

she says softly. "We'll

sink deeper into my thoughts. I picture the book again,

open

in my

us, this ancient rust bucket on wheels, and the

Orion said to call it to me, so it must

undertaking for a

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