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 away

as suddenly as it began, the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing

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 white as he grips it tightly,

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

trying to pull it right out of my

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in my

me over with a frown. "Your face went white as

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

eyes meet mine in

trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I

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

and

Marcus's

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

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

tugs again, and

squeezing gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt.

at my arms, trying to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant

safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather not risk dying

have a sense of

desperately want to try

sends a

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 sense him?" Surprised,

had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am

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away into that strange, mental-magical

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

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