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.

An eternity

vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in

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

mirror.

a croak.

being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still there, only it's stronger

Ava Yanking At

in my

frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like

air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I

eyes meet mine in the

said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like it grabbed hold

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

and

Marcus's

clenches. "We need to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly

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

me tugs again, and

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

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

book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me.

a sense of self-preservation in

I desperately want

sends a pang through

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

hour? It felt like mere minutes had passed.

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Ava Yanking At

into that

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

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