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,

sharpening and sounds returning. I

orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it tightly, eyes darting between the

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing

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 my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still

Yanking At

thrumming in my veins

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

air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with

meet mine in the

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

before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How

and so

Marcus's

this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream

has a point, 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, I

string inside of me tugs again,

you getting hurt. Maybe

my arms, 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

we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd

a sense of self-preservation in

if I desperately want to try

thought of Lucas sends

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

minutes had passed.

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Ava Yanking At

slipping away into that

presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before

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