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.

shout to wait. Selene whines from her crate, but I can't think about the dog right now. All that

thudding against the linoleum as I make a beeline for

sir, but visiting

of the Westwood Pack. Ava Grey is under my

her keyboard. "R-room

elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow, the numbers crawling by as my

let on? What if someone got past the guards?

the distance to Ava's room.

I bark,

one of them says. "Vanessa's

white sheets, an IV dripping into her arm. Vanessa looks up from her bedside, expression grim. There's a

Must be Lisa.

softly. "I wish

hand finding hers, careful of the wires and tubes. Her skin is cool to the touch, and I have to swallow past

ask hoarsely. "Why won't she wake

and a bit dehydrated, but

"Then what—"

Vanessa cuts in gently. "Or rather, the lack

not understanding.

Vanessa says carefully. "She hasn't shifted, despite being of age. And now, with everything she's been through... I think her wolf is trying to emerge, but something's blocking it. It's the only theory I can come up

at an exceptional rate recently, and there was the incident during the escape where she had supernatural speed. These are not human traits. These are from

at Ava's still face, my mind reeling. Her wolf. Trying to break free.

is beyond anything I've seen

refuse to lose Ava. Not like this. Not when I just got her

I order. "I want updates every hour. And double the guard on her