Tangled

Chapter 261

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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.

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

there?

Use the same mental channel I use to speak with Selene. Are you

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

cars.

An eternity compressed

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels

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

mirror.

croak. Swallowing

something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection

Yanking At

in my veins that's

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

had, hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact

mine in the

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

asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would

and so few

Marcus's

careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't

it wasn't malicious. 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

of me tugs again, and I swear it's

getting hurt. Maybe we should wait

veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder of

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

sense of self-preservation in

desperately want to

Lucas sends a pang through

able to reach me by now. It's

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

24

Yanking

away into that strange,

admits. "But it was

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