Tangled

Chapter 239

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239 Ava: Radio Silence

The phone doesn't even ring anymore. It goes straight to voicemail.

Kellan's rings, but there's no answer.

Vester's rings, too. But he also doesn't answer.

In fact, we've tried everyone. No one's answering.

If we hadn't already had successful calls since being in the Fae Ward, I'd suspect that we can't call people. Instead....

"Something's wrong

Stating the obvious does nothing to ease the tension in my room. The thrill of success over me reaching my magic earlier is long gone, leaving us all staring at our phones.

Magister Orion was kind enough to send a folding table upstairs for us to use, and Marcus uses it to spread a few papers across its surface.

"I've summarized all the information we've learned since being in the Fae Ward, but it's very little. I think our best bet is to ask Magister Orion and Sister Miriam to see if they can use their resources to better source intel on what's going on outside the city."

The papers are a pathetic level of information..

Marcus had a few text messages from Jericho, stating that rogues were encroaching on Westwood territory. We have no news about Blackwood, but with Kellan and Vester's silence, it doesn't bode well. We know that the alpha of Whispering Pines has something to do with all of this, but we don't know if he's working with Renard or the vampires.

We have far more questions than answers, and frustration bubbles in my belly. Is this how Lucas. felt, when he searched for me after the Gala?

Experiencing it now, and remembering how I treated his presence once he found me...

My heart sinks.

another thing to add to my list of reasons to treat Lucas well. I would

reception.

interjects between my thoughts. You had reason at the

phone on speaker as it rings Kellan's cell

seconds before his

reached Kellan. Leave

Short and sweet.

says, reaching over to squeeze my shoulder. "They might be mid-mission. It isn't unusual to turn our phones off or leave them home."

239 Ava: Radio Silence

of

"What about Delta Ryder?"

"His phone goes straight to voicemail, too. Since he was in Westwood with Lucas, it leans more toward missions than anything

the papers back and forth

Jericho, which somehow managed to ping his phone from within

going in. Whispering Pines defected from Council. War is coming. Keep your Luna

working with Blackwood and vampires.

That's it.

Nothing else.

from Vanessa's end; she has no messages, and only Vester's vague mentions of how the Council seems to be going through trouble when

all, coming straight from my phone call

It isn't enough.

be able to reach him again, I would have asked more questions. Demanded

to rely on future conversations

Vanessa says, taking the papers from me and handing them to Marcus. "We'll keep trying

your side. It may seem safe

vampires who attacked came from here. Even if they aren't in the Fae Ward, we don't know who's involved in these

isn't worth an entire pack. There are so many lives at stake

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