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, I had

***

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

guards-my biggest entourage yet-follow me into the building, while two stay outside to make sure we don't receive

unexpected visitors.

throat as we walk through the dimly lit warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making

couldn't Jericho come with us?" I ask, my voice echoing

the metal and concrete.

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

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unsatisfied. "Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

in a movie, and Kellan

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been

groan. Kellan leads the way down a set of stairs without a single light,

with fake plants, paintings on the walls, and several

this," I admit as

"No one

can't be more than ten years old.

to roll out from beneath

the seat and stares at us

you have an appointment?" he asks,

serious.

his head. "No. I'm

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boy cuts him off with a sneer. "I remember you." His

a bug under a

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

through me. How does he

"Ava is Alpha Lucas Westwood's

his

his hand on the knob, he turns to us

Okay. He's not Steve.

who the hell is

kind of operation

and petulant. She's still upset about being left behind, but Kellan was very firm about pet

a large wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the 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.

looks to be 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

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