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.

recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing

Ava! Are you

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 tightly, eyes darting between the

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again. "I'm

being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my

thrumming in my veins that's

went white as a

without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book. It

meet mine in the mirror. "What

trying to call it 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

normal?" Vanessa asks, before shaking her head.

many questions, and so few

that try to

point, but something in me rebels against the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an

inside of me tugs again, and I swear it's a

mine, squeezing gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until

like my body is vibrating from the inside

wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too

I have a sense

if I desperately want to try

thought of Lucas sends a pang

you made contact yet?" I ask, looking between Vanessa and Marcus. Hope flutters

brow. "No, nothing yet. Vester should be able to reach me by

sense him?" Surprised, I peer out the window,

been 'focusing' in the back

hour? It felt like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time

talks with his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Fleeting. Gone before I could really grasp

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

nod, but anxiety churns in my gut. Too

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