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.

eternity compressed into a

seconds. The edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away

sharpening and sounds returning. I

blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the

mirror.

croak. Swallowing hard, I try

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 there, only

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a thrumming in my veins that's

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

seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think

mine in the mirror. "What

it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off,

her head. "Stupid question. How would

and so few

Marcus's

to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream

malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How

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

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

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

safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather not risk dying

a sense

desperately want

thought of Lucas sends a

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

minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time

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into that

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

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