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 sliding across the

hadn't even noticed. The sudden turn sends a jolt of

itch of magic under

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

gravel path ahead. Trees press close on either side, branches scraping against the truck's exterior. It's a small forest here, much more densely wooded than the places

a clearing. My breath catches as I take in the sight before us. A

that captures my attention. It's the eerie

of pack life? The

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wolves emerges to meet us, their expressions

weapons.

I know. This

fully engage the parking brake. My eyes scan the gathered faces, searching desperately

"Kellan!"

from my lips. before I can even catch my breath.

my barrage of questions. "Ava,

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

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a giant

here," Kellan confirms, but his

he's...

complicated."

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

wolf-it takes me a

sister would be touching

noticing the absence of Vanessa's mate

cabin set apart from

different direction by Ryder. The separation makes my skin prickle, and I scratch at my arms furiously in

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been with me for so long. Being without

is weird.

we approach

doorknob. "Ava, I need you to understand that everything we're doing is to

"Protect us from what?"

meet mine, and the weight

staggering. "From forces that want to tear us apart. Both from outside... and

and documents. The walls are bare

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