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.

passes. An eternity compressed

vision darken, reality slipping away like

sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing

shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is

mirror.

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still there,

Ava Yanking At

thrumming in my veins

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

hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver

eyes meet mine in

said. And

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

questions, and so few

Marcus's

careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul

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

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

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

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

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 before we reach

sense of self-preservation in me

desperately want to

thought of Lucas sends a pang through

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

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling.

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Ava Yanking At

into that strange,

felt a pack presence once," he admits.

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