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.

we go downstairs, I

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strange building in the middle of White Peak, which looks like an abandoned warehouse

guards-my biggest entourage yet-follow me into the building, while two stay outside to

unexpected visitors.

every corner, making me feel like I've stepped into some gritty crime movie set. I glance at Kellan, his face

with us?" I ask, my

the metal and concrete.

stay on Blackwood land

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"Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

the building belonging in a movie, and Kellan

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

been helping us

Kellan leads the way down a set of

professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the

I admit as we

nods. "No

desk, startling me. He can't be more than ten years

roll out from

stares at us over the

appointment?" he asks, his voice

serious.

his head. "No. I'm Kellan Ashbourne, and

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with a sneer. "I remember you." His gaze

like a bug under a microscope. "Why

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

does he know who

"Ava is

me intently, his eyes narrowed, before grunting and waving us forward. "Follow

his hand on the knob, he turns to us with a warning look.

Okay. He's not Steve.

the hell is this

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

still upset about being left behind, but Kellan was

wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls, filled with anything but books. Instead, there are

it. This isn't a woman, or even

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woman.

of it. She has what looks like a cartoon pony temporary tattoo on her cheek, and Mardi Gras necklaces over a simple white shirt.

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