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

vision darken,

returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper

me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips it

mirror.

a croak. Swallowing

vise, like something was trying to pull

Yanking At

in my veins

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

I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my

in the mirror.

Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like

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

questions, and so few

Marcus's

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

idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised

again, and I swear it's a friendly

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

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

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

have a sense

if I desperately want to

Lucas sends a pang through

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 now. It's strange." "How long has it been since you could sense him?" Surprised, I peer out the

like mere minutes had passed. The

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Ava Yanking At

into that

"I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But

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