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

of my vision darken, reality slipping

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

through 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

mirror.

voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the

Ava Yanking

thrumming in

Vanessa looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you

I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my

eyes meet mine in the mirror.

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 I was somewhere else for

her

questions, and so

Marcus's

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

malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own

tugs again, and I swear it's a

risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we

in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from

try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep

a sense of self-preservation in

desperately want to

thought of Lucas sends a pang through

either of you made 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. It's strange." "How long has it been since you could

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

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Yanking At

into that strange,

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

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