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 a

vision darken, reality slipping away

recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in

trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it tightly, eyes darting

mirror.

a croak. Swallowing

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

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a thrumming in

face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm

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

mine in the mirror. "What

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

that normal?" Vanessa asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question.

many questions, and so few

Marcus's

Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your

the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can

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

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

like my body is vibrating from the

book again. Too many weird things keep happening

sense of self-preservation in

if I desperately

Lucas sends a pang through

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 to see in the darkness. Vanessa's frown deepens. "Well, you've been focusing' in the back for

passed. The realization is chilling. How

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slipping away into that

he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I

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