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
my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through
as suddenly as it began, the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I
orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it tightly, eyes
mirror.
out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again. "I'm
hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right
Ava Yanking At
in my veins that's
me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like
The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the
meet mine in
to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like
Vanessa asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would we
many questions, and so
Marcus's
Magic books that try to yank your
desperate." I pause, surprised by
me tugs again, and
you getting hurt. Maybe
the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder of the
until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again.
have a sense of self-preservation in me
I desperately
thought of Lucas sends a pang through my
I ask, looking between Vanessa and Marcus. Hope flutters in my chest, fragile and desperate. Vanessa shakes her head, a worried frown creasing her brow. "No, nothing yet. Vester should be able to reach me by now. It's strange." "How long has it been since you could sense him?" Surprised, I peer out the window, but there's nothing to see in the darkness. Vanessa's frown deepens. "Well, you've been focusing' in the back for about an
mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How
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slipping away into that
admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really
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