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.

eternity compressed

vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through

into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in my throat. "Ava? Ava!

Her hand grips my shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is

mirror.

croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

I? What the hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying

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thrumming in my

sure?" Vanessa looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were

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

mine in the

not sure. 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 sensation.

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

questions, and so

Marcus's

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

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

tugs again, and I swear

"Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe

veins. It's like my body is vibrating

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

a sense of

if I desperately

sends a pang through my

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

minutes had passed. The realization

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into

the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp it." "It's just a

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