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

my vision darken, reality slipping away

and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in

I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the

mirror.

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

was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of

Yanking

thrumming in my veins

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

sends a shiver down my spine. "I

in the mirror. "What

was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe

Vanessa asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question.

and so

Marcus's

that try to yank your soul

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

inside of me tugs again, and I swear it's a friendly

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

in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out,

right," I say to 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 risk dying

have a sense of self-preservation in me

I desperately

sends

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

passed. The realization is chilling. How much

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Yanking

away into

presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp

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