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,
sharpening and sounds returning. I
orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it tightly, eyes darting between the
mirror.
out as a croak. Swallowing
am I? What the hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still
Yanking At
thrumming in my veins
face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm
air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with
meet mine in the
it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure
before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How
and so
Marcus's
this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream
has a point, but something in me rebels 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 an inanimate object? And yet, I
string inside of me tugs again,
you getting hurt. Maybe
my arms, 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
we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd
a sense of self-preservation in
if I desperately want to try
thought of Lucas sends
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
minutes had passed.
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Ava Yanking At
slipping away into that
presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before
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