Tangled

Chapter 256

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256 Ava: The World Burns

Acarus holds up his hands. "Calm down, little witch. Your alpha is alive."

Alive.

What a weird way to put it.

Wouldn't someone normally say, your alpha is fine?

"What happened?" I ask, sitting back in the chair as I focus my gaze on Acarus.

"Great change. Rebellion. The end of days."

1 frown. "What do you mean, a great change?"

The air is heavy, making it hard to breathe. Or maybe it's just that my chest is tight.

Acarus leans forward, his eyes intense. "The supernatural communities have risen up against the limitations imposed by human laws. It's not just the wolf packs. Registered communities, unregistered cities- they're all involved. War is everywhere."

Marcus's brow furrows. "How widespread is this unrest?"

"It started here," Acarus explains, "but once the media caught wind of it, riots spread to large communities across the country. This anger has been simmering for a long time. Many feel the humans have chained us with their biased laws."

My heart races. “Just tell me what happened to Lucas, I demand, worry coloring my tone.

Acarus inclines his head, his expression softening slightly. "He's recovering in a hospital."

Relief and consternation flow.

Why? By who?

1. me. A hospital? Then that means he was injured. How?

"Westwood is now under the control of rogue supernaturals. And Blackwood... My apologies, Ava. Alpha Renard has retaken it."

Lucas has been defeated.

And my father's back in power.

The implications make my head spin.

explain why we haven't been able to contact anyone from the

not familiar with the technical terms, but it's some form of hacking. It's beyond even

is it even possible

of this side of the country, Acarus clarifies. "That is as much as

am not that person."

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races, trying to make sense of it all. Then, a

evident in his features. "You still care about the

"It's just... Clayton's been in Westwood and

pack, but I'm not certain. He pauses, his gaze intense. "Ava, I don't think you understand how much the world has

he means, Marcus and Vanessa tense up like colled springs. I

says, his voice

amusement and bewilderment. "There's an easier way to show her what I mean," he says, his golden eyes flickering

as 1 realize they haven't even had a chance to take a bite. Then again, they don't trust Acarus not to poison them. Before I

suddenly, the world I thought I knew shatters

she describes the scene unfolding behind her. New York City, a place I've only seen in movies and postcards,

camera pans across streets I don't recognize, littered with... bodies. So many bodies. The reporter's words wash over me, a torrent of horror I can barely process. "...unprecedented riots across the city... hospitals overwhelmed... death toll rising by the

in every horrific detail. Smoke rises from burning buildings, casting an apocalyptic haze over

stops for a quick interview. They all say the same

Run.

Run for your lives.

of the screen hammer

The

seeing:

ARMAGEDDON: SUPERNATURALS BETRAY HUMANITY

UPRISING: NO CITY

TOLL SURPASSES 100,000 IN NEW

SENT TO

couch, unable to tear my eyes away from the nightmare playing out before me. I feel

peace between humans

Humans will never trust us again. Will we have

dissociating from the moment, my feelings growing

camera are running. From

technical difficulties. Instead, we follow

went down, someone

take

the

think so. Let me

off the lens. We can see again, the reporter's face. illuminated

and debris everywhere. We're safe, but I think the death toll

you, Kyle-the horrors in New York City aren't isolated, as riots inundate every major city..." The camera returns to a horrified anchor

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