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

***

in the middle of White Peak, which looks like an abandoned

yet-follow me into the building, while two stay outside

unexpected visitors.

warehouse. Shadows loom in every corner, making me feel like I've stepped into some gritty crime movie set. I glance

with us?" I

the metal and concrete.

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

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unsatisfied. "Who are we

"You'll see soon enough."

building belonging in a movie, and Kellan actually cracks a

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

been helping us

with an ominous groan. Kellan leads the way down a set

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

expecting this," I admit as we approach the empty

"No

can't be more than ten years

it to roll out from

he stands on the seat and stares at

you have an appointment?" he asks, his

serious.

"No. I'm

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a sneer. "I remember you."

bug under

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

jolts through me. How does he

his throat. "Ava

assume-looks taken aback. He studies me intently, his eyes

very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he

Okay. He's not Steve.

the hell

we step into the room. What kind of operation is this? And why would Lucas and Kellan be involved with a human

voice touches my mind, grumpy and petulant. She's still

office, with a large wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls, filled with anything but books. Instead, there are action figures mixed with strange

it. This isn't

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woman.

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

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