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

darken, reality

world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing

blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

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

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in my veins that's

white as a sheet and your

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

meet mine in the mirror. "What

to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off,

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

questions, and so few

Marcus's

to yank your soul out of your

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

tugs again, and I swear

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

like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a

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

I have a sense of self-preservation

desperately want to

of Lucas sends a pang

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 about

had passed. The realization is chilling. How much

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slipping away into

with his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp it."

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