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

darken, reality slipping away

world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a

cuts through the lingering fog in my 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

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection

Ava Yanking

a thrumming in my veins that's

me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like

without air sends a shiver down

in

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.

before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How

questions, and

Marcus's

try to yank

point, but something in me rebels against the idea. "No, 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

again, and

can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas before trying

like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder of the magic pulsing through

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

I have a sense of self-preservation in me

I desperately

Lucas sends a pang

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

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

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into that strange,

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

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