Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 37 Ava: Overcome (IV)

I was an animal. And so was he.

I can feel Selene in the back of my mind, and I know that she's asleep. I don't bother her; I have a more pressing concern.

There's no call light within reach, and I wiggle and struggle against my restraints. I desperately, desperately need to pee.

I can hear a little electronic click, then a disinterested, staticky voice fills the room. "Do you need anything?"

I clear my throat, licking my dry lips. "I need to go to the bathroom." My voice is hoarse, my throat sore. I wonder if I've been screaming. I have a feeling I have been.

"Your nurse will be in in just a moment," Static Voice says, and clicks off again.

I realize then that they're probably watching me on camera, and my skin prickles in unease. Somehow, this feels worse than dealing with a horny kidnapper rubbing himself on me.

I try not to think about it. It's something I'm used to doing; it's how I've made it through life this far.

But I really, really need to pee, damn it.

A nurse I don't recognize comes in, and it takes a solid thirty seconds for her to lock the door behind her. It's embarrassing to see how many security measures are in place to keep me unmated.

"How are you feeling? You seem to be pretty rational," she says, chipper as the morning sun.

I have horrible memories of me throwing myself at a man I barely

go to the bathroom, or

start feeling off, we're going to have to put you back in them. We don't want a repeat

side and starts unbuckling my wrist first. Now that

in panic. For a brief moment, I'm able to push aside the

Ugh.

wish I

was a pill to cancel heat and

them with a thin hospital town, I stare at my reflection. Tangled hair, puffy eyes, and

and turn away from the

off my bed makes my stomach roil with nausea, so I sit

through the elaborate process of

face. "Good morning, Ava. I'm Dr. Summers. How are

me feel awkward, so

experienced was a very intense heat cycle, Ava. Much stronger than what we

We don't have a lot of documented information on true omegas and

swallow hard, my stomach churning with unease. "So, what does that

"It means we underestimated the severity of your heat. We thought we would have more time before the peak hit." She looks at me directly, her eyes apologetic. "I'm sorry, Ava. We

to be nonchalant. "It's okay. I

through this, Ava. I promise." Dr. Summers leans forward, her voice gentle but firm. "But I need you to be honest with me about your symptoms, okay? Even if