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

vision darken, reality slipping away like sand through

snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning. I gasp, drawing in a ragged

blink, trying to orient myself. We're still in the truck. Marcus is at the wheel, his

mirror.

out as a croak. Swallowing hard, I

hell just happened? It 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

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in my veins

face went white as a

had, hadn't I? The memory of those endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with the book.

mine in the mirror. "What

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

her

many questions, and so few

Marcus's

to yank your soul out

a point, but something in me rebels against the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so sure about the intentions of an inanimate

me tugs again, and I swear it's a friendly

finds mine, squeezing gently. "Either way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we should wait until we reach Lucas before

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

until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening to me. I'd

have a sense of self-preservation

I desperately want

thought of Lucas sends a

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 focusing'

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

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slipping away into that

felt a pack presence once," he admits.

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