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.

passes. An eternity

vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

suddenly as it began, the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning.

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

mirror.

a croak. Swallowing hard, I

the hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still there, only

Ava Yanking At

thrumming in

white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm pretty sure you

The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I

mine in the

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

before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would we

questions, and

Marcus's

need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to

Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so

of me tugs again,

we can't risk you getting

my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder

try contacting the book again. Too

sense of self-preservation in me

if I desperately want to

thought of Lucas sends a pang

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

mere minutes had passed. The realization

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slipping away into that strange, mental-magical

eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was

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