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

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through

world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath

through the 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.

comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again. "I'm

squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of

Ava Yanking

a thrumming in my

"Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm

sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book.

meet mine in the mirror.

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

shaking her head. "Stupid question. How

questions, and so

Marcus's

this. Magic books that try to yank your

me rebels against the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an inanimate object? And

again, and I

hand finds mine, squeezing gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach

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

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

sense of self-preservation

desperately

sends

Vester should be able to reach me by now. It's strange." "How long has it been since you could sense

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

24

Yanking

slipping away into

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

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