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 had

***

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

into the building, while two stay outside to make sure we

unexpected visitors.

the dimly lit warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making me feel like I've stepped into some gritty crime movie set. I glance at Kellan, his face an impassive

come with us?" I ask,

the metal and concrete.

land while

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frown, unsatisfied. "Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

a movie, and

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping

the way

professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the

this," I admit as we approach the

nods. "No one ever

me. He can't be more than ten years old. As he climbs onto the chair, my heart drops

roll

at us over

you have an appointment?" he

serious.

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

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a sneer. "I remember you." His

and Heel like a bug under

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

does he

clears his throat. "Ava is

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

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

Okay. He's not Steve.

the hell

kind of operation is this? And why would

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

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

way around it. This isn't

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woman.

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

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