Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 261

Chapter 261 Ava: Yanking At Her

It's almost like a presence saying hello.

Thinking of that little string, I tug back. Twice.

An answering jerk. One. Two. Three

The words I just spoke drift into my head: It's like the book is alive.

Is it crazy to talk into this void in my head, in the general direction I hope the book is in?

Sure. But at least no one can see or hear me doing it.

Hello? I call out, trying to use the same mental channel I use to speak with Selene. Are you there?

Another tug on that string.

I really, really need you to come to where I am. It's safer here. Or something. How do you explain to a book that the world has gone to shit and you want to keep it from being used to create further catastrophe?

Please.

Being polite never hurts.

This time, that string-y feeling yanks, and it feels like my heart is constricted, interfering in its ability to beat.

I can't breathe. Pain explodes in my chest, radiating outward like a supernova. My lungs burn, desperate for air that won't come. The world around me blurs, sounds fading into a high-pitched buzz that fills my ears.

One second passes. An eternity compressed into a heartbeat.

Two seconds. The edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through an hourglass.

focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in

Ava! Are you

but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it

as a croak. Swallowing

being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book—it's still there, only it's stronger and

a thrumming in my veins that's

over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and you

had, hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my

mine in the mirror. "What

to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like it grabbed hold of me. I feel like I was somewhere else

asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question.

questions, and

that try to yank your soul out of your body don't

desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an inanimate object? And

of me tugs again,

can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas

arms, trying to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from

try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather not risk dying before

I have a sense

desperately

of Lucas sends a pang through

yet?" I ask, looking between Vanessa and Marcus. Hope flutters in my chest, fragile and

her head, a worried frown creasing her brow. "No, nothing yet. Vester should be able to reach me by now. It's

could sense him?" Surprised, I peer out the window, but there's nothing to

in

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am

road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was

getting closer," Vanessa says, her tone reassuring. But I can hear the undercurrent of worry beneath her words.

churns in my gut.

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