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 phone

***

Instead, I'm dragged to a strange building in the middle of White Peak, which looks like an abandoned

building, while two stay outside to make sure we don't receive

unexpected visitors.

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

us?"

the metal and concrete.

to stay on Blackwood land while I'm

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"Who are

"You'll see soon enough."

my breath about the building belonging in a movie, and Kellan actually cracks

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

been

with an ominous groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of stairs without a single

complete with

as we approach the empty

"No

from beneath the desk, startling me. He can't be more than ten years old. As he climbs onto

to roll out from

the seat and stares at us over the counter with

have an appointment?" he asks, his voice

serious.

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

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cuts him off with a sneer. "I

bug under a microscope. "Why is

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

me. How does he know who

throat. "Ava is Alpha Lucas Westwood's

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

door at the very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he turns to us with a warning look. "Stay quiet. Steve

Okay. He's not Steve.

hell

the room. What kind of operation is this?

petulant. She's still upset about being left behind, but Kellan

space. Bookshelves line the walls,

isn't a woman, or

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woman.

maybe thirteen, with a head 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 Mardi

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