Tangled

Chapter 276

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276 Lisa: Dr. Blackwell Returns

LISA

"We're here, the Grand Sage announces, and my cramped muscles shrick with relief. We've been traveling at a snail's pace-his words, because we can't see outside-for what feels like forever. Morning? Night? It doesn't matter. We live in a box.

If it wasn't for a cleverly hidden toilet (which is gnome-sized-1 100% do not recommend using one as an adult human female), we would have been fucked. Even then, it was awkward. There's no privacy because there isn't room for it.

our

"We have a bit of a walk ahead of us," he continues, pressing buttons that enlarge our space, little magitech Rubik's cube unfolding. The gadgets hidden away by the walls reappear in their organized glory of clutter.

One catches my cyc; it looks like a small gun. He's shown it to me a few times. Pretty easy to use; point and shoot, but with a wallop that comes from its magitech origins.

After the vamp fiasco, I'm all for weapons. Give me all of them. Strap them to every inch of me. I never want to feel that helpless again.

"Can I take that with us?"

He smiles. "Of course. I'll link it to your bracelet."

"Link?" This is new.

"This will help maintain your affinity levels at the lowest synchronization rate. While our people have no magical affinity, it's a necessary concern for you."

es over

way IT people try to

don't recognize, things that she shoves under her clothes in strategic locations. The Grand Sage takes only a pen.

smile. "Do not underestimate what is in front

only makes me want to touch it, but

safe haven for the Westwood Pack wolves. They will be on edge. The survivors of the attack should already be there; we have been

died that

live knowing they brought such devastation to

List Dr. Blackwell

my head, trying to dislodge the unsettling thoughts. The Grand Sage's eyes are on

time to go, he

safe room. The old woman's silence is eerie. No biting remarks, no insults about my incompetence. It's almost as unsettling as the situation itself. Outside, the air feels different. Heavier, somehow. The Grand Sage fiddles

steps forward,

At twenty, I turn back and gasp. The

and vanishes from view.

forward. It reappears, as solid as ever. Another

the Grand Sage explains, a hint of

1

how exactly the bracelet works,

hand.

walking," he says,

into step behind him, Elverly bringing up the

with a few copses of trees scattered about. "Won't they

the sound of her voice has me

she's still her cantankerous

longer," he says, cheerful

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