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 a strange phone

***

doesn't happen. Instead, I'm dragged to a strange building in the middle of White Peak, which

while

unexpected visitors.

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

come with us?" I ask,

the metal and concrete.

stay on Blackwood land while I'm away. Besides, Jericho's a

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unsatisfied. "Who

"You'll see soon enough."

a movie, and Kellan actually

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping us

creaks open with an ominous groan. Kellan leads the

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

as we approach the empty

"No one ever

can't be more than ten years old. As

it to roll out

the seat and stares at us over the counter with a stern

have an appointment?" he asks, his

serious.

"No. I'm Kellan Ashbourne,

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with a sneer.

a bug under a microscope. "Why

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

through me. How does

"Ava is Alpha Lucas

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

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.

hell is

as we step into the room. What kind of operation is this? And why

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

walls, filled with anything but books. Instead, there are action figures mixed with strange artifacts. Behind

This isn't a

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woman.

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

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