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 a

edges of my vision darken, reality slipping away

recedes. The world snaps back into focus, colors sharpening and sounds returning.

orient myself. We're

mirror.

croak. Swallowing hard, I try again.

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

Yanking

thrumming in

as a sheet and your groaned like

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.

in the

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 was

shaking her head. "Stupid question. How would

and so

Marcus's

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

point, but something in me rebels against the idea. "No, it wasn't malicious. Just desperate." I pause, surprised by

again, and I

way, we can't risk you getting hurt. Maybe we

my body is

I try contacting the book again. Too

a sense of self-preservation in me

desperately want to

sends a pang through

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

like mere minutes had passed. The

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into

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

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