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.

second passes. An eternity compressed into a

my vision darken, reality slipping away

pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in my throat. "Ava? Ava! Are

lingering fog in my mind. Her hand grips my shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that

Ava Yanking At

thrumming in my

white as a sheet

had, hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I

eyes meet mine in the

sure. I was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And

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

questions, and so few

Marcus's

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

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

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

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

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

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

sense of self-preservation in

if I desperately

of Lucas sends a pang through my

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'

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

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Yanking

slipping away into that strange,

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

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