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.

Jericho, before we go downstairs, I had a

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

me into the building, while two stay

unexpected visitors.

we walk through 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

us?" I

the metal and concrete.

land

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"Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

a movie, and Kellan actually cracks a smile. "It's

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been

groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of stairs

with fake plants, paintings on the walls, and several cubicles.

admit as we approach the

nods. "No one

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

it to roll out from

on the seat and stares at us over the

have an appointment?" he asks, his

serious.

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

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a sneer. "I remember you." His

and Heel like a bug under a microscope.

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

through me. How does he know who I

his throat. "Ava

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

to a door 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.

who the hell is this

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

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

office, with a large wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls,

isn't a woman,

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woman.

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

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