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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with Mrs. Elkins doesn't happen. Instead, I'm dragged to a strange building in the middle of White Peak, which looks like an abandoned

the building, while two stay outside to make sure we

unexpected visitors.

through the dimly lit warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making me feel like I've

us?" I ask, my voice echoing

the metal and concrete.

stride. "Someone needs to stay on Blackwood land while I'm away. Besides, Jericho's a

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"Who are we meeting

"You'll see soon enough."

belonging in a movie, and Kellan actually

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

been

an ominous groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of

complete with fake plants,

I admit as we approach the

nods. "No one

suit and tie pops out from beneath the desk, startling me. He can't be more

to roll out

and stares at us over the

an appointment?" he asks,

serious.

shakes his head. "No. I'm Kellan

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him off with a sneer.

Heel like a bug under a microscope. "Why is

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

through me. How does

throat. "Ava is Alpha

boy-Steve, I assume-looks taken aback. He studies me intently, his eyes narrowed, before grunting and

leads us down a long carpeted hallway to a door at the very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he turns

Okay. He's not Steve.

the hell is

What kind of operation is

and petulant. She's still upset about being

line the walls, filled with

This isn't a woman, or even a

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woman.

that's half-shaved and long, bright pink hair on the other side of it. She has what looks like a cartoon pony temporary tattoo on her cheek, and

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