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

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

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

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 tightly, eyes darting between the

mirror.

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I

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

Ava Yanking

a thrumming in my veins that's

me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a

shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book. It was

in the mirror.

thoughts are still scattered, my mind 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

shaking her head.

questions, and so

Marcus's

that try to yank your soul out of your body

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

string inside of me tugs again, and I

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

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

somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd rather not risk dying before we reach

sense of self-preservation

if I desperately want to try

sends a pang through my

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, I peer out the window, but there's nothing to see in the darkness. Vanessa's frown deepens.

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is

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into that strange,

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

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