Tangled
Chapter 244
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244 Lisa: Seriously, It's Just Weird
LISA
At the mention of Ava's name, my heart clenches. God, I hope she's okay. I haven't seen her
since....
I push the memories away, focusing on the present. "What does Ava have to do with this?" "Everything," he says simply. "Your friend is at the center of events that could reshape our future, Lisa. She needs allies. People she can trust. People like you."
I shake my head, too confused. I'm missing huge chunks of the picture.
"Sorry, I don't understand. What events? What's happening to Ava? Isn't she safe with
The old man sighs, suddenly looking every bit his advanced age. "She is safe enough, I suppose. But the danger is always present, waiting for the right moment to strike. Decades, if not centuries, of planning have come to fruition, and we're only just learning of it. For now, I will have to apologize as we leave you in the dark a little longer. Just know that you're in a safe place."
"So why tell me anything at all?" I demand, my patience wearing thin. "Why not just leave me in the dark?"
"Because I don't need a human gallivanting off to what she thinks is freedom, only to be snatched up once again" He peers over his spectacles. "You thought of escape at least once, didn't you?" My cheeks heat a little, even as my chin lifts. The stubbornness deep within me is coming back to life, at least a little certain that I'm safe enough to snap back. "Wouldn't you, in my shoes?"
the elegant air of a gentleman. Someone you'd see on those TV shows about posh royalty in England. “Hopefully I'll have a little more clear information for you soon enough, to prepare you in the
Torture? Sexual assault? You know, in the human world, I was never kidnapped. And even Ava has never been kidnapped in the human world. But add werewolves to the mix?" I snap my fingers. "Kidnapped. Twice! And don't get me started on the assault rates in werewolves compared to humans. I thought humans were bad, but between the
to suffer as you have. But I promise you, what I offer is not more pain. It's a chance to make a difference.
dismiss them as an old man's delusions. But something in his tone, in the earnestness of his gaze, gives me pause. Despite my suspicion of this desperate
mean?" I ask
encouraging. "You, my
244 Lisa: Seriously. It's
Just Weird
I say, my voice barely above a whisper. "If I was
human?"
life, but it didn't change your fundamental nature.
a mix of emotions I can't quite sort out. Fear, confusion, a strange sort of wonder, and underneath it
would the Fae do this? What
often inscrutable, even to us gnomes. But from what we understand, Fae-blessed humans serve as a sort of bridge between our world and theirs. You have an innate connection to Fac magic, even if you can't wield it
Why does he
man's expression darkens. "The Mad Prince has an obsession with them. He once. believed that by consuming the essence of a Fae-blessed human, he can gain access to Fac magic himself. Several have died in his pursuit of that
remember the time he visited me. The way the Mad Prince had touched me. The way he'd been infuriated at my body's
guess it
What a freak.
dirty even thinking about it, and suddenly want
which it can't be, because my parents are normal humans and definitely have never talked to some High Fae Priestess or whatever,
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