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

people try to explain computer problems but it

few gadgets I don't recognize, things that she shoves under her clothes in strategic locations. The

He holds it up with a gentle smile. "Do not underestimate

want to touch it, but I shove that impulse away. "So, where

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

died

knowing

Dr. Blackwell

eyes are on

time to go, he

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 with our bracelets, pressing buttons

steps forward, he

each step carefully. At twenty, I turn

and vanishes from view.

reappears, as solid as ever. Another step back, and it's gone

hint of pride in

1

my mouth to ask how exactly the bracelet works,

hand.

walking," he says, already

questions and fall into step behind him, Elverly bringing

a few copses of trees scattered about.

long ago, Elverly snaps, and the sound of her voice

to see she's still her cantankerous

any longer," he says, cheerful

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