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

narrow road I hadn't even noticed. The sudden turn sends a

the constant itch

out the seatbelts?" I mutter, rubbing

doesn't answer, squinting at the winding gravel path ahead. Trees press close on either side, branches scraping against the truck's exterior.

to a clearing. My breath catches as I take in the sight before us. A cluster of cabins nestles

that captures my

bustle of pack life?

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should animate a community? Instead, a group of wolves emerges

weapons.

Westwood I know.

the door before Marcus can fully engage the parking brake. My eyes scan the gathered faces, searching desperately

"Kellan!"

my lips. before I can even catch my breath.

silencing my barrage of questions. "Ava, there's a lot we need to discuss before I can take you to him." My stomach drops. "But he's here,

be in a hospital, but none of these cottages scream hospital to me. And unlike the Fae Ward. I doubt there's magic here

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into a

confirms, but

he's...

complicated."

to cover the chaos we've been through. I need to see Lucas, to touch him,

my eye. Another wolf-it takes me a

of brother and sister would be touching if I

noticing the absence

apart from the others. It looks more like a guard post than a home, and my

led in a different direction by Ryder. The separation makes my skin prickle, and I

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me for

is weird.

what's going on?" I demand as we approach the cabin's door.

pauses, his hand on the doorknob. "Ava, I need you to understand that everything we're doing is

"Protect us from what?"

mine, and the weight

that want to tear us

door, revealing a spartan interior. A table dominates the small space, covered in maps. and documents. The walls

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