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

guard. Then, despite the gravity of our situation, a laugh bubbles

good, a brief respite from the tension that's been coiling tighter and tighter inside me. It's strange how such a small thing can bring back memories of a simpler time, before I knew about the complexities of pack politics, before I discovered

her

"As much as I appreciate the

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

recall anything that might be useful. "He did mention something about intent being crucial

bench to face me. There are no seatbelts. Well, there were once upon a time—they were all cut out at some point in

huh? That makes sense. Magic seems to be all

"If I lose concentration, I lose control.

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

bit foolish. "Maybe?

doesn't

hear

chides. "Don't make her

he bites back the rest of his

my eyes and try to empty

concentration. A stale, acrid smell of cigarette smoke lingers in

cover and the ornate silver clasps, tarnished by age. The way the pages felt beneath my fingertips. The

what

deep breath, trying to center myself. The

Focus, Ava. Focus.

them, to hold onto their meaning, but they slip away like smoke. Frustration bubbles up inside me, and I push it

I need to be

through my concentration. "Are you okay? You look

opening my

softly. "We'll be

deeper into my thoughts. I picture the book again, trying to will it into existence. Come

whenever I open my

in my

us, this ancient rust bucket on wheels, and the deserted

me, so it must be possible; I just have

for a new

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