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

my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through

sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged

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

mirror.

voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I

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

Yanking

thrumming in my

white as a sheet and your groaned

air sends a shiver down

meet mine in the

my mind overflowing. "I'm not sure. I was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And

shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would we

and so few

Marcus's

this. Magic books that try to yank your

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

again, and I swear it's

mine, squeezing gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting

thrumming in my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the

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

have a sense of self-preservation in

desperately

Lucas sends a pang

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 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

It felt like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much

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into

talks with his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was

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