Tangled

Chapter 208

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208 Ava: Moon Goddess (1)

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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.

soft click, it releases, and I carefully open the book. Once again, I'm met with a sea of

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

But I don't have one, so that doesn't help at

to tingle, a

my hand, trying to figure out why it's triggering some sort

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shocked, doesn't it? Like a low level of

shock collar.

have no idea how she knows anything

more than that. It's like..." I trail off, struggling to put the feeling into

intensifies, spreading up my arm and into my chest. My heart beats faster, and I feel a strange pull, as if the

then, like a bolt of lightning, a memory

where's that

out the pain and exhaustion

back at the book, necklace in hand. "At the apartment, I touched this once, and it had this

activated. Selene sounds excited,

no

"Is there a scent?"

was then,

So, she doesn't know..

spend that much time around

"Sorry sorry."

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chain cool against my fingertips,

there's warmth emanating from

alive, pulsing with

her blue eyes fixed on the necklace. What are you

I

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

my pulse pounding in

And...

Nothing.

me under the waves of anticipation, holding me

stare at the ceiling. I was so sure they were related somehow, that

would be the

But no.

a whole lot of

been standing as still as

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