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.

eternity compressed into a

vision darken, reality slipping

and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in my throat. "Ava? Ava! Are you

in my mind. Her 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.

a croak. Swallowing hard,

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

Ava Yanking At

thrumming in my

as a sheet and your groaned like you were

memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I

eyes meet mine in the

was reaching out to it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..."

asks, before shaking her

questions, and so

Marcus's

to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream 'trustworthy' to

pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an

tugs again, and I swear

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

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

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

sense of self-preservation in me

desperately want to try

of Lucas sends

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 an hour

passed. The realization is chilling. How

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Ava Yanking

away into that strange, mental-magical

a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp it." "It's just a matter

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