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

The edges of my vision darken,

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

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 grips it tightly, eyes darting between

mirror.

voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing

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

Yanking

in

face went white as a sheet and

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

eyes meet mine in

out 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

before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How

questions, and so few

Marcus's

try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream 'trustworthy'

desperate." I pause, surprised by

of me tugs again, and I swear

you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas before trying

to soothe the strange thrumming in my veins. It's like my body

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

sense of

I desperately want to try

of Lucas sends a pang through my

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. "Well, you've been focusing' in the back for about an

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

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Yanking

slipping away into that strange, mental-magical

a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was

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