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

of my vision darken, reality slipping away like

sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath

the lingering fog in my mind. Her hand grips my shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles

mirror.

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

am I? What the hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of

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a thrumming in

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

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

mine in the mirror.

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

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

questions, and so few

Marcus's

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

wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own

tugs again, and I

gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas before trying

my body is vibrating from

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

have a sense of self-preservation in me

if I desperately

thought of Lucas sends a pang

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 to see in the darkness. Vanessa's frown

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

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away into that strange,

to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before

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