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

seconds. The edges of my vision darken, reality slipping

returning. I

my mind. Her hand grips my shoulder, shaking me gently but insistently. I blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus

mirror.

My voice comes out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try

trying to pull it right

Yanking

thrumming in my veins

me over with a frown. "Your face went white as a sheet and your groaned like you were dying. I'm pretty sure

without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I

eyes meet mine in

to call it to me like Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the

asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid

many questions, and so

Marcus's

be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body don't exactly scream

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

inside of me tugs again, and I

way, we can't risk you getting

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

book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me.

I have a sense of

I desperately want to

Lucas sends

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

had passed. The

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Ava Yanking At

slipping away into that strange, mental-magical

his eyes glued to the road. "I felt a pack presence once," he admits. "But it

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