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.

go downstairs,

***

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 warehouse more than

the building, while two stay outside to

unexpected visitors.

as 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

us?" I

the metal and concrete.

stride. "Someone needs to stay on Blackwood land

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"Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

the building belonging in a movie, and Kellan

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping us

Kellan leads the way down a set of

that greets us. It looks like a professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the walls,

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

"No one

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

it to roll out from beneath

stares at us over the counter with a

appointment?" he asks, his voice high-pitched

serious.

head. "No. I'm Kellan Ashbourne,

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off with a sneer. "I remember you."

Heel like a bug under a microscope. "Why is

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

How does he know who

his throat. "Ava is Alpha

his eyes narrowed,

down a long carpeted hallway to a 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.

who the hell is

kind of operation is this? And why would Lucas and

She's still

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

no way around it. This isn't a woman, or even

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woman.

bright pink hair on the other side of it. She has what looks like a cartoon pony temporary tattoo on

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