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.

colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged

Ava! Are you

lingering fog in my mind. Her hand grips my shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're

comes out as a croak. Swallowing

was 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

in my veins

sure?" Vanessa looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and you groaned like you were dying. I'm pretty

memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book.

eyes meet mine in the

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 like I was somewhere else

asks, before shaking her

many questions, and

need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out

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

me tugs again, and I swear it's a friendly

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

thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a

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

have a sense of self-preservation in

I desperately want to try

Lucas sends a pang

I ask, looking between Vanessa and Marcus.

nothing yet. Vester should be able

I peer

you've been 'focusing' in the back for about an

minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am I losing, slipping away into that strange, mental-magical

talks with his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But

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

in my gut. Too many

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