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

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand

suddenly as it began, the pain recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like sandpaper in my throat.

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 tightly, eyes darting between the road and the

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing

I? What the hell just happened? It felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull

Ava Yanking

in my veins

sure?" Vanessa looks me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and

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

meet mine in the

it, trying to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail

her head. "Stupid question.

many questions, and so few

Marcus's

that try to yank your

in 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?

tugs again, and I swear it's

"Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until

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

until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to

a sense of

desperately

thought of Lucas sends a pang

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

had passed. The

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Ava Yanking At

away into that strange,

admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could

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