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

that way IT people try to explain computer problems but it goes my head.

strategic locations. The Grand Sage takes only

holds it up with a gentle smile.

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

be there; we have been traveling at a much slower speed. The survivors. I wonder how many made it. There were so

died that

Chloe and Mia live knowing they brought

Dr. Blackwell

to dislodge the unsettling thoughts. The Grand Sage's eyes are on me, curiosity evident in his gaze. I

time to

almost as unsettling as the situation itself. Outside, the air feels different.

twenty steps forward, he

counting each step carefully. At twenty, I turn back and gasp. The safe room

and vanishes from view.

solid as ever. Another step back, and

of pride in his voice. "Your bracelet will

1

how exactly the bracelet works, but he cuts

hand.

start walking," he says, already

into step behind him,

rolling plains, with a few copses of trees scattered about. "Won't

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

see she's

longer," he says,

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