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

vision darken, reality

snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning.

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 road

mirror.

voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I

was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to

Ava Yanking At

a thrumming in my veins

frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like

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

meet mine in the

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

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

and so

Marcus's

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

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

tugs again, and I swear it's

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

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

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

a sense

if I desperately want to try

sends a pang through my

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

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How much time am

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Yanking At

slipping away into

presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before

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