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

vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

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

blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus

mirror.

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

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

Yanking

thrumming in my

looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were

those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with

in

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 else

shaking her head.

and so

Marcus's

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

has a point, but something 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

we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until

like my body is vibrating from the inside out, a constant reminder of the magic pulsing

I say to Vanessa. "We should wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too

I have a sense of self-preservation in me

desperately

of Lucas sends a pang through

you made contact yet?" I ask, looking 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 could sense him?" Surprised,

passed.

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Yanking

slipping away into that

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

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