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
The edges of my vision darken,
pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels
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, eyes darting between
mirror.
voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing
was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string,
Yanking
in
face went white as a sheet and
a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book. It
eyes meet mine in
out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like
before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How
questions, and so few
Marcus's
try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream 'trustworthy'
desperate." I pause, surprised by
of me tugs again, and I swear
you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas before trying
to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body
try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me.
sense of
I desperately want to try
of Lucas sends a pang through my
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, 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 an
mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am
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Yanking
slipping away into that strange, mental-magical
a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was
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