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.

eternity compressed into

darken, reality slipping away

sounds returning. I gasp,

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

mirror.

croak. Swallowing hard, I try

hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to

Ava Yanking

in my veins

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

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

eyes meet mine in the mirror. "What

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. "It was like it grabbed hold of me. I feel like

Vanessa asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid

and so few

Marcus's

"We need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out

I pause, surprised by my own

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

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

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

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

sense

if I desperately want

Lucas sends a pang

contact yet?" I ask, looking between Vanessa 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.

passed. The realization is chilling. How much

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slipping away into that

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

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