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,

***

building in the middle of White Peak,

into the building, while two stay

unexpected visitors.

through the dimly lit warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making me feel like I've

couldn't Jericho come with us?" I

the metal and concrete.

stay on Blackwood land

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frown, unsatisfied. "Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

in a movie, and Kellan

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping us

groan. Kellan leads the way

looks like a professional office, complete with fake plants, paintings on the walls, and several cubicles. The only thing missing

this," I admit as we

"No

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

to roll out from

he stands on the seat and stares at us

he asks,

serious.

I'm

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off with a sneer. "I remember you." His gaze

a bug under a microscope. "Why is

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

How does he

his throat. "Ava is

me intently, his eyes narrowed, before grunting

at the very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he turns to us with

Okay. He's not Steve.

hell is this

than ever as we step into the room. What kind of operation

interesting? Selene's voice touches my mind, grumpy and petulant. She's still upset

line the walls, filled

around it. This 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 Gras necklaces over a simple white shirt. A lot of plastic

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