Tangled

Chapter 292

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292 Ava: Renewed Connection

When I open my eyes this time, Lisa's napping on the couch. Grimoire, in book form, is on the ground before me.

Seeing him in that form, a question comes to my mind-something I'd forgotten to ask him in that strange mental-magical dimension. Why did he send me to Magister Orion and the fac Ward, if he had little respect for wizards? That thick cord within me, the new bond linking me with Grimoire, vibrates intensely vening almost irritated. Without thinking, I stroke the cover of the book, trying to calm down this dog-like spirit within.

Once my fingers contact the cover, I can hear his voice inside my head, sounding like a sulky child and not a hulking spirit with flames covering his skin. Odd how they didn't burn me though.

I have respect for wizards, he snaps peevishly. They're just idiots sometimes.

Yeah. So respectful.

Respect comes in many forms.

I laugh. My mind has been so quiet without Selene; having Grimoire in it is a different feeling but it helps soothe the loneliness.

Lisa jerks upright at the sound of my voice. "Ave?" Her groggy voice makes me smile.

"Hey. You look tired."

"Sorry. Just dozed off while thinking..." Her eyes drop to the book I'm touching "Is that it?! Did you do it?"

Bouncing off the couch, she practically slides across the floor, up on her hands and knees over it "It even looks old and magical. Holy shit, Ava. You did it!"

Tell her to stop breathing on me.

Ignoring Grimoire, I take a moment to reach out with my senses, trying to see can get even a glimmer of Selene anywhere.

Do you need my help?

Glancing at the book beneath my fingertips, I raise my brows. "Are you able to?"

"Able to what?" Lisa asks, reaching out to run a finger down the worn leather cover.

Tell her to stop touching me and I will

""He doesn't want you to touch him."

She jerks her hand back, mortified. "Oh. I'm sorry"

If you pour magic into our bond, I can amplify.

Okay. I get the English, but it's like reading directions putting together a dresser. They make no

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sense without pictures

Just do it

Closing my eyes-

do you do that? You can't see if

open, I scowl at the book. "It's

you concentrate with

helps when

you

talking to the book?" Lisa asks

nod. "He's in my head, as long as I'm

I will be able to speak to you

wonder how he

space for

remarkably small he agrees, in a

It is, he confirms.

hand off the book, only for that new connection

if you're going to insult me,"

sense of remorse. It's odd how I can sense it

to bounce

knock at the door startles me from my thoughts. I glance at Lisa, who shrugs, looking

myself up from the floor, sensing the

leave.

Vanessa standing there. Her usually calm demeanor is gone, replaced by a harried expression that makes my stomach twist. The guards

tight around the corners. "You

tone of her voice stops any questions from forming on my lips.

over my shoulder, "I'll be right

out and closing the door behind me.

head in the direction of the hospital, my heart

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fine just

I'm sorry, I think, hoping

in my head, is also an extension of myself. Grimoire feels distinctly separate, the bond between

desk without challenge, a strange tension in the air. There's something odd in the way people look at me, and I realize after a

There were plenty of male staff this

Stranger and stranger still.

on Lucas' door and opens it, ushering me

1. me.

Bizarre.

are immediately drawn to the bed where Lucas

of pillows. His face is pale, a sheen of sweat glistening on his forehead. But it's his eyes that catch my attention-they're fever-bright, locked onto mine with a hunger that's familiar. "Lucas?"

he says, but the intonation is all wrong. It doesn't sound like how he

Lucas. But then why

"Are you oka-"

can finish my question, he lunges off the bed. His hands grab my wrists, slamming me back against the closed door. The impact knocks the breath from my lungs, and

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