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 like sand through

pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like

insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still

mirror.

comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

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

Yanking At

a thrumming in my

went white as a sheet

seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book. It was

eyes meet mine in

mind overflowing. "I'm not sure. I was reaching 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

her head.

and so

Marcus's

with this. Magic books that try to yank

a point, but something in me rebels against the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my

of me tugs again, and

you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach

like my body is vibrating

safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to

have a sense

if I desperately want to try

thought of Lucas sends a pang

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

It felt like mere minutes had passed. The

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Ava Yanking

away into that strange,

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

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