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.

before we go downstairs, I had

***

dragged to a strange building in the middle of

me into the building, while two

unexpected visitors.

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

Jericho come with us?" I ask, my voice echoing

the metal and concrete.

to stay on Blackwood land while I'm

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unsatisfied. "Who are

"You'll see soon enough."

about the building belonging in a movie, and Kellan actually cracks

aesthetic."

"Who's Steve?"

who's been helping

Kellan leads the way

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

expecting this," I admit as we

nods. "No one ever

suit and tie pops out from beneath the desk, startling me. He can't be more than ten years

it to roll out

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

he asks, his

serious.

his head. "No. I'm Kellan Ashbourne, and this

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a sneer. "I remember you."

me, and Heel like a bug

Blackwood beta's daughter here?

jolts through me. How does he know

his throat. "Ava is Alpha

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

door at the very end. Pausing with his hand on the knob, he turns to us with a warning look. "Stay quiet. Steve is in a

Okay. He's not Steve.

hell is

the room. What kind of operation is this? And

still upset about being left behind,

is an office, with a large wooden desk dominating the space. Bookshelves line the walls, filled with anything

no way around it. 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 simple white shirt.

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