Late change in a story (4)
I believe the answer is:
tale
'a story' is the definition.
(I know that narration can be written as tale)
'late change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'late' anagrammed gives 'TALE'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Report" , "An account of incidents or events" , "Fable" , "Story or anecdote" , "Late with a story" .)