Tangled

Chapter 263

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My heart thumps hard, trying its best to knock my ribs out of place with excitement. "Is everyone okay?

What's going on?"

Vanessa's eyes unfocus as she communicates with her mate. Waiting is like being bitten by a squad of fire ants, each prickle against my skin beginning to burn as I squirm, impatient for answers.

"He doesn't want to give any answers until we see him, but he said things are stable." There's an uncertain waver in her voice, but I keep quiet as she speaks with Vester, feeling my own unease building.

Stable.

That could mean a lot of things, and they aren't all good.

Marcus stiffens beside me and I glance out the window, expecting to see something on the road.

Nothing.

"There's a few scouts nearby," he says after a long pause. "Vanessa, you sense them?"

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"Three," she confirms. "I'm not familiar with them, but I recognize them."

"We're about ten minutes out. We'll run into a few

more waves of scouts, staggered so they can stay in contact." He glances at me. "Like a telephone relay."

"Ten minutes?!" Vanessa frowns. "Vester should have been able to reach me a long time ago."

"I should be able to reach the alpha," Marcus agrees. "But I can't."

"Something's wrong." The healer's look of relief is once again replaced by worry. "This isn't right."

"The area's safe, so just relax until we get there. Someone should be able to give us proper answers then."

I hope he's right.

***

"Shit. Hold on!"

The truck lurches violently, throwing me against the door as Marcus slams on the brakes. Gravel crunches under the tires, and I barely catch myself before my face meets the dashboard.

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her body

narrow road I hadn't even noticed.

itch of

seatbelts?" I mutter, rubbing my elbow where it smacked against the

the winding gravel path ahead. Trees press close on either side, branches scraping against the

catches as I take in the sight before us. A cluster of cabins nestles against

picturesque setting that

bustle of pack life? The children

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Instead, a group of wolves emerges to meet us, their expressions grim

weapons.

isn't the Westwood I know.

brake.

"Kellan!"

towards him, questions tumbling from my lips. before I can

strain of recent days. He holds up a hand, silencing my barrage of questions. "Ava, there's a lot we need to discuss before

these cottages scream hospital to me. And unlike the Fae Ward. I doubt there's magic here

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into a giant

here," Kellan confirms, but his tone does

"And he's... stable.

complicated."

we've been through. I need to see Lucas, to touch him, to know he's

wolf-it takes me a while to recognize Ryder, one

Vanessa. The reunion of brother and sister would be touching if I weren't so focused on my

Vester?" I ask, noticing the absence of Vanessa's mate among

small cabin set apart from the others. It looks more like a

Ryder. The separation makes my skin

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been with me for

is weird.

we

"Ava, I need you to understand that everything we're

"Protect us from what?"

meet mine, and the

that want

door, revealing a spartan interior. A table dominates the small space, covered in maps. and documents. The walls are bare except for a few strategic diagrams and what

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