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.

second passes. An eternity

edges of my vision darken,

began, the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in my throat. "Ava? Ava!

mind. Her hand 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

mirror.

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

Yanking

in

"Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were

shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact

in the

I was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the

shaking her head.

many questions, and so

Marcus's

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

wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an inanimate

of me tugs again,

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

arms, trying to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder

I say to Vanessa. "We should wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things

I have a sense of self-preservation

I desperately

sends a

you made contact yet?" 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,

It felt like mere minutes had passed. The

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Ava Yanking At

into that

once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp

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