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 compressed into a
The edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like
it began, the 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 throat. "Ava? Ava! Are you
but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips
mirror.
voice comes out as a croak.
was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that
Yanking At
a thrumming in my
sure?" Vanessa looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm pretty sure you stopped
hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book. It
in the mirror.
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
her head.
many questions, and so few
Marcus's
"We need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream 'trustworthy'
but something in me rebels against the idea. "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,
again,
you getting hurt.
my arms, trying to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is
wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather not risk dying
I have a sense of self-preservation in me
if I desperately want
sends a pang through
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
It felt like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much
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into that strange, mental-magical
to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp
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