Tangled

Chapter 208

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At least the physical pain is over, Selene says as I'm groaning on my bed, limper than an overcooked noodle.

"It isn't over. I'm still dying."

You'll be fine. This is why you should have kept up with your exercise. Even a few days off and you're already back to being out

of shape.

"Must be nice to be a dog. You never get sore."

That's because I don't sit around like a couch potato.

Harsh.

But true.

Sliding off my bed in the most dramatically sore fashion I can muster, I ignore Selene's snort and tremble-walk the entire length of the room to the closet where I set the magic book. Mrs. Elkins goes home today, right?

"Right. They're driving her to Cedarwood. Lucas sent scouts to make sure she gets there okay."

"Enforcers," Marcus corrects me from his corner.

He doesn't offer to help me get what I want, but he's quick to make sure I'm calling his comrades by the right title. Giving him a sour look, I amend, "Enforcers." Grabbing the book off the top shelf, I decide to sit on the floor in front of the closet, not really wanting to walk on sore legs all the

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way to the bed. My muscles protest even this, quivering more than a leaf in the wind.

Look at you, taking the lazy way out, Selene mocks, her voice echoing in my mind with a teasing lilt.

"I'm not being lazy," I retort, settling cross-legged on the plush carpet. "I'm being efficient. Why waste energy when I can just sit

here?"

Selene snorts, her furry head shaking in amusement. Don't come crying to me when your butt goes numb.

Deliberately tamping down on the urge to stick my tongue out at her like a child, I turn my attention to the magical tome in my lap.

The ornate silver clasp is cool to touch, almost unnaturally so, and I suppress a shiver.

I carefully open the book. Once again, I'm met with a sea

thumb through the pages. It doesn't make sense. It has to be some kind of magical lock to keep its contents secure, but

one, so that doesn't help

start to tingle, a

skin, warm and inviting. I pause, staring at my hand, trying to figure out why it's triggering some

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doesn't it? Like a low

shock collar.

no idea how she knows

I mutter, "No, it's more than that. It's like..." I trail

beats faster, and I feel a strange pull, as if the book is drawing me in. I close my eyes, letting the sensation wash over me, trying to

of lightning, a memory flashes through

"Selene, where's that

She sounds hesitant, and I block out the pain

"At the apartment, I touched this once, and it had this same feeling on my

activated. Selene sounds excited, then dubious. But

no scent

"Is there a scent?"

then, is

So, she doesn't know..

spend that much time around magicians,

"Sorry sorry."

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amethyst pendant gleams in the light, its silver chain cool against

yet there's warmth emanating

sensation, like it's alive, pulsing with an energy I can't

fixed on the necklace.

that I

The air grows heavy, thick with anticipation. Even the dust motes hanging in the sunbeams streaming

my pulse pounding in

And...

Nothing.

under the waves of anticipation, holding me deep in its

the ground behind me and stare at the ceiling. I was so sure they

be the

But no.

whole lot of

who had been standing as still as a statue

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