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

vision darken, reality slipping away like

into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in

insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as

mirror.

comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again. "I'm

heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to

Yanking

thrumming in my veins

frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your

air sends a shiver down my

mine in the mirror. "What

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

normal?" Vanessa asks, before shaking her

many questions, and

Marcus's

Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your

the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be

again, and I swear it's

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

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 magic pulsing

Vanessa. "We should 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

sense of

I desperately want to

Lucas sends a

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

felt like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling.

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Ava Yanking

away into

with his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it

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