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 in a

Ava! Are you

grips my shoulder, shaking me gently 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 tightly, eyes darting between the road and the rearview

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

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

a thrumming in my

as a sheet and you groaned like you were

air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I

in the mirror.

it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like it

shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would

many questions, and so

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

"No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own

again, and I swear

you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we

veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the

wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening

a sense of self-preservation in

desperately

of Lucas sends

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

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

since you could sense him?" Surprised, I peer out the

in

had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am I losing, slipping away into

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

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

churns in my gut. Too many strange things are

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