Tangled

Chapter 211

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There's a simple text on my phone, from an unknown number.

[UNKNOWN: Come to Dakota Sanctuary. We have a place for you. Now that you've unlocked your power, you're a danger to everyone around you.]

"Is everything okay?"

Marcus' eagle eyes must have noticed the blood draining from my face.

I don't want to lie to him, but I don't know how much he should

know about the situation.

Then again, the man's my bodyguard.

How can he effectively guard me if he doesn't know what's going

on?

Tell Lucas, Selene says, sounding grim.

I will. "This text. Probably the same as the unknown call from before." Handing Marcus my phone, I watch as his face zones out to inform Kellan or Jericho of the situation. Or both of them. Probably both. My gaze flicks to the book, but the words that had appeared moments ago are gone, leaving only those illegible runes once again. The cryptic message lingers in my mind, unsettling in its implications.

I don't like this, Ava, Selene says, her voice laced with concern. It feels like we're being herded into something.

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The thought of being manipulated, of being led down a path I didn't choose, brings nothing but unease

What are our choices right now? I ask, hating the tremor in my mental voice. If my power really is a danger to everyone around

me...

I trail off, not wanting to finish that thought. The idea that I can hurt the people I care about, that my mere presence could put them at risk, is a heavy weight on my chest.

I've already hurt so many people.

But leaving isn't an option.

So what the fuck am I supposed to do?

It feels like I'm being forced into making a bad decision. There has. to be another way, right? Like Vanessa said-I was always thinking in black and white. So, now I need to find gray. Or orange. Or whatever other color it could possibly be.

Somehow.

Lucas' face flashes through my mind, and I can already imagine his reaction to this new development. Can he really keep me safe from my own power? Can I keep him safe?

The Unregistered city is an unknown, Selene says. We need to talk

someone we

the only lead we have is Sister

her.

necessarily trust her, either-but I don't think

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admits, though I can hear the

Her concern mirrors mine.

no one to rely on, we were ready to take so

people we care about warning us, time

After the vampire attacks?

She's learned caution.

So have I.

and Jericho are on their way,"

Kellan and

always rely on others to do your work for

But there's nothing

plans in the past have led

you successfully found freedom in Cedarwood,

Did I?

Elkins' arrival, it's been a niggling doubt

Did I find freedom?

it the first stage of someone's

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just paranoia, Selene murmurs, but I can tell she's

the laws of the world don't. apply. Where vampires and other creatures roam unchecked. The thought of venturing into such

And Lisa's already there.

been there for

go. I

I don't have the training, and I'm... what, some sort of

brain just keeps rushing in circles, making me dizzy with the force of my indecision

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I were like my family. A bizarre thing to think in a moment like this, but even I have to admit that Jessa was never

Then there's me.

Worries. Uncertainty. I can't even figure out how to mend my relationship with

Vanessa.

much damage I had done until she'd

family realizes how much

Ava. They're nothing but

you,

flaws.

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words bring a little relief, easing the pressure in my

I ever look at my

trained to, all

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