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

***

dragged to a strange building in the middle of

building, while two

unexpected visitors.

loom in every corner, making me

us?" I ask, my voice

the metal and concrete.

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

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unsatisfied. "Who are we meeting

"You'll see soon enough."

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

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping us

ominous groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of stairs without a single light, except whatever's

It looks like a professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings

wasn't expecting this," I admit as we approach the

nods. "No one ever

beneath the desk, startling me. He can't

it to roll

at us over the counter with

an appointment?" he asks, his

serious.

I'm Kellan Ashbourne, and this

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cuts him off with a sneer. "I

a bug under a microscope. "Why

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

jolts through me. How does he

throat. "Ava is

intently, his eyes narrowed, before grunting and

with his hand

Okay. He's not Steve.

who the hell

more curious than ever as we step into the room. What kind of operation is this? And why would

still

wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls,

This isn't a woman, or even

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woman.

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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