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 compressed into

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away

and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a

I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel,

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

trying to pull it

Ava Yanking At

a thrumming in my

as a sheet and your groaned like

shiver down my

in the

reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I

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

many questions, and

Marcus's

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

"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 object? And yet, I

tugs again, and I swear it's a

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

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

contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd

sense of self-preservation

if I desperately want to try

thought of Lucas sends a

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

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How

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Ava Yanking At

into

he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before

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