Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 107 Lucas: Panic

LUCAS

"What the fuck do you mean she's unconscious?" My voice rises in the back of the cab, drawing Vester's alarmed glance in the rearview mirror of the SUV.

Kellan's voice crackles through my phone. "Her vitals are stable, but she's not waking up. Doctors can't find anything physically wrong."

"Then why the hell is she in the hospital?" Fury pounds through my veins, my wolf snarling to hunt down whoever dared harm our mate. "What did Jericho do?"

"It wasn't him. She collapsed at home after training."

"Training?" The word comes out in a growl. "She's still recovering! She shouldn't be—"

"Boss." Vester's gruff voice cuts in. "Nessa's with her now. Should be able to tell us more soon."

I rake a hand through my hair, jaw clenched. "I want guards on her room. No one gets in besides pack and medical staff."

"Already done."

"Good." I glance out the window at the darkened streets whizzing by, leg bouncing with impatience. Vester's watching cautiously, and the husky's panting in the back, still crated. "The dog. Get her to Lisa's place."

"Dog?" Kellan grunts. "Since when—"

"Don't worry about it." I end the call, pulse hammering in my throat.

Ava. My Ava. Lying in a hospital bed. Again.

No. I won't let anything else happen to her. Whatever this is, whoever is responsible, I'll destroy them. Rip them to shreds with my bare hands if I have to.

registering Vester's shout to wait. Selene whines from her crate, but I

the sliding doors, my boots thudding against the linoleum as I make a beeline for the front desk. The receptionist looks up,

sir, but

of the Westwood Pack. Ava

her keyboard. "R-room 305, Alpha. Third floor, to the

The ride up is agonizingly slow, the numbers crawling by

worse than Kellan let on?

eating up the distance to Ava's room.

bark, not slowing

one of them says. "Vanessa's still

my heart in my throat. And there she is. Ava. Lying still and pale against the white sheets, an IV dripping into her arm. Vanessa looks up from her bedside, expression grim. There's a black-haired human girl on

Must be Lisa.

Vanessa greets softly. "I wish I

of the wires and tubes. Her skin is cool to the touch, and I have to

with her, Nessa?" I ask hoarsely.

her hair. "Physically, she's fine. Exhausted and a bit

"Then what—"

cuts in gently. "Or rather, the

not understanding.

says carefully. "She hasn't shifted, despite being of age. And now, with everything she's been through... I think

and there was the incident during the escape where she had supernatural speed. These are not human traits. These

still face, my mind reeling. Her wolf. Trying to break free.

helplessly. "I don't know, Lucas. This is beyond anything I've seen before. We're in

nod, jaw tight. Uncharted or not, I refuse to lose Ava. Not like this. Not when

"I want updates every hour. And double the guard on her room. No one gets in besides medical staff and