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.

second passes. An eternity compressed into a

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through an

focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged breath that feels like

gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in

mirror.

as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of

Yanking At

thrumming in my veins

as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm

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

eyes meet mine in the mirror.

was reaching 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 it grabbed hold of me. I

normal?" Vanessa asks, before shaking her

many questions, and so

Marcus's

try to yank your

idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by

again, and

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

arms, 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

somewhere safe before I try contacting the book

I have a sense of self-preservation in

I desperately want to try

Lucas sends a pang through my

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

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

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into

to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it was brief. Flectr before I could really grasp it." "It's just a

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