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 into a

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

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. "Ava? Ava!

I blink, trying to orient myself. We're

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I try again. "I'm

felt like my heart was being squeezed in a vise, like something was trying to pull it right out of my chest. And that string, that connection to the book-it's still there, only

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in my veins

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

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

in the mirror.

sure. I 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

asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question. How

questions, and so

Marcus's

to be careful with this. Magic books that try to yank your soul out of your body

wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an

of me tugs again, and I swear it's

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

veins. It's like my body

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

a sense of self-preservation

desperately want to try

of Lucas sends a

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 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

like mere minutes had passed. The realization is chilling. How

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away into that

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

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