Tangled

Chapter 200

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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?

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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.

downstairs, I had a strange

***

to a strange building in the middle of White

yet-follow me into the building, while two

unexpected visitors.

corner, making me feel like I've stepped into some gritty

couldn't Jericho come with us?" I ask, my voice

the metal and concrete.

stay on Blackwood land while I'm away. Besides, Jericho's a

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"Who are

"You'll see soon enough."

breath about the building belonging in a movie,

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping

groan. Kellan leads the way down a set

greets us. It looks like a professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the walls, and several cubicles. The only

I admit as we approach

nods. "No one

startling me. He can't be more

to roll

stands on the seat and stares at us over the counter with

an appointment?" he asks, his

serious.

"No. I'm

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cuts him off with a

like a bug under a microscope.

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

jolts through me. How does he know who

throat. "Ava is Alpha Lucas

me intently, his eyes narrowed, before grunting

at the very end. Pausing with his hand on

Okay. He's not Steve.

hell is this

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

voice touches my mind, grumpy and petulant. She's still upset about being left behind, but Kellan was very firm about pet

is an office, with a large wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls, filled with anything

no way around it. This isn't a woman, or

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woman.

on the other side of it. She has what looks like a cartoon pony temporary tattoo on

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