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."

a small smile. "If wishes were fishes,

stare at her for a moment, the unexpected phrase catching me off guard. Then, despite the gravity of our situation, a laugh bubbles up from my chest. "I haven't heard that phrase since

can bring back memories of a simpler time,

Vanessa says, her eyes softening with the memory. "She had a saying for

his eyes remain glued to the road ahead. "As much as I appreciate the trip down memory lane, we should focus. It must be important, for him

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

chimes in with

being crucial in magic.

around on the passenger side of the bench to face me. There are no seatbelts. Well, there were once upon a time—they were all cut out at some point in this truck's long

makes sense. Magic seems to be all

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

Marcus' head can't hide his skepticism. Probably because it leaks out in his voice. "So what, you just think really hard

feeling a bit foolish. "Maybe? It's worth a try,

leans over the seat to whisper, "He just doesn't have

hear you, Healer

her feel bad when

rest of his

my

cigarette smoke lingers in the air, tickling my nose and tempting me to sneeze. I push it all away, focusing on the

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

That's what

take a deep breath, trying to center myself. The truck hits

Focus, Ava. Focus.

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

I need

voice breaks through my concentration. "Are you okay?

opening my eyes. "I'm trying to

she says softly. "We'll

sink deeper into my thoughts. I picture the book

open my

in

this ancient rust bucket on wheels, and the deserted rural

call it to me, so it must be possible;

for

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