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 compressed into

darken, reality

sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in

hand grips my shoulder, shaking 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.

comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I

happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest.

Ava Yanking

a thrumming in my veins

with a frown. "Your face went white as a

seconds without air sends a shiver down

eyes meet mine in

overflowing. "I'm not sure. I was reaching out to 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 it grabbed hold of me. I feel like I was somewhere

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

many questions, and so few

Marcus's

this. Magic books that try to yank

I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an inanimate object? And yet,

again, and I swear

risk you getting hurt.

my veins. It's like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder of

wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather

have a sense of

if I desperately want to try

thought of Lucas sends a

between Vanessa 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

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

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Ava Yanking At

into that strange,

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

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