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.

passes. An eternity compressed into a

my vision darken, reality

back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I

orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his knuckles white as he grips

mirror.

a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

vise, like something was trying to pull it right

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a thrumming in my veins

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

shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with

meet mine in the

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

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

and so few

Marcus's

careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul

it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can

of me tugs again, and I

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

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

wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many

I have a sense of self-preservation

if I desperately want

of Lucas sends a pang

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

mere minutes had passed. The realization

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into that strange, mental-magical

a pack presence once," he admits.

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