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

darken,

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

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

mirror.

a croak.

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

Yanking

thrumming in my veins that's

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

endless seconds without air sends a shiver down my spine. "I think I made contact with

mine in

Magister Orion said. And then..." I trail off, unsure how to describe the sensation. "It was like it grabbed hold of me. I feel like I

normal?" Vanessa asks, before shaking her head. "Stupid question.

questions, and

Marcus's

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

malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by my own certainty. How can I be so

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

you getting hurt. Maybe we

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

"We should wait until we're somewhere safe before I try contacting the book again. Too many weird things keep happening

sense

I desperately

thought of Lucas sends a pang

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

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

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Ava Yanking At

into that

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

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