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

my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

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

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.

croak. Swallowing hard, I

vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that

Ava Yanking

in

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

sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with

eyes meet mine in the

"I'm not sure. I was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And

shaking her head. "Stupid question.

many questions, and

Marcus's

need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream 'trustworthy'

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

of me tugs again, and I swear it's a

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

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

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

have a sense of self-preservation in me

if I desperately want

of Lucas sends a pang through

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 there's nothing

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

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Yanking

slipping away into

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

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