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.

tight with concern. "That doesn't explain why we

familiar with the technical terms, but it's some form of hacking. It's beyond even what humans are capable of. Probably

I interrupt, struggling to comprehend. "How is it even possible to take down an entire country's

to most of this side of the country, Acarus clarifies. "That is as much as I understand. Beyond that, you would have to

am not that person."

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trying to make sense of it all. Then, a thought strikes me.

his features. "You still care about

ever outlive that presumption. "It's just... Clayton's been in Westwood and Blackwood for

gaze intense. "Ava, I don't think you understand how much the world has changed. Perhaps it is

tense up like colled springs. I

outside right now, Marcus says, his voice low and firm.

looks at them, his expression a mix of amusement and bewilderment. "There's an easier way to show her

Vanessa, a pang of guilt hitting me 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 can

TV flickers to life under Acarus's touch, and suddenly, the world I thought I knew shatters into

broadcast fills the screen, the reporter's voice tight with barely contained panic as she describes the scene unfolding behind

reporter's words wash over me, a torrent of horror I can barely process. "...unprecedented riots across the city... hospitals overwhelmed...

My eyes are glued to the screen, taking in every horrific detail. Smoke rises from burning buildings, casting an apocalyptic haze over the cityscape. People run through the streets, their faces masks of terror and

quick interview. They all

Run.

Run for your lives.

bottom of the screen hammer home the reality of

Ava The World

seeing:

ARMAGEDDON: SUPERNATURALS BETRAY HUMANITY

UPRISING: NO

100,000

DEMANDS SENT TO WHITE

away from the nightmare playing out before me. I feel Marcus's hand on my shoulder, steadying me, but it does little to ground me in

between humans and supernaturals

like in the future? Humans will never trust us again.

my stomach, I can feel myself dissociating from the moment, my feelings growing distant

reporter and the camera are

to anchors safe in a building somewhere, citing technical difficulties. Instead, we follow along a nauseating run. Then, no visibility at

went down,

they take down an entire

the camera still

think so. Let me clean the

silence as someone brushes dirt off the lens. We can see

safe, but I think the death

as riots inundate every major city..." The camera returns to a horrified anchor who speaks with professional detachment,

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