Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 112

Chapter 112 Ava: Waking Up

Darkness.

Light.

So cold.

It burns.

My lungs ache.

Something's holding me down.

There are whispers. Prayers, I think.

Chaos reigns in this hazy world. Something beeps incessantly.

I'm sweating. My hands are too warm.

… up.

What's that?

… Ava, you…

Who's that?

… can you hear me?

I struggle to reach the voice that calls me, but something sucks me away again.

Frustration simmers, but I'm too tired to fight it.

Ava, you have to wake up.

There it is again.

I know you can hear me, because I can finally hear you.

Hear me? Hear me what? Am I talking?

Yes.

No, I don't think I'm talking. I'm too tired. My body is crushed beneath the earth. Fire ate every last bit of me. I drowned. The air was sucked away.

You're alive. You're asleep in the hospital. You're just fine. You just need to wake up.

No, no.

No, no, no.

Waking is pain.

I remember the pain.

pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come

No way.

peaceful here, in this hazy

you have to come back. This

me? But I'm here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn't kill me. It isn't enough

won't die, Ava. You're

Alive.

Alive means death—

Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You

* * *

They feel like sandpaper scraping against my lids.

Ava.

is warm honey in my mind, comforting. Grounding. I try to speak but my throat is parched,

wet nose presses into my palm. The slight weight of her head resting on my hand. I turn

Relief colors

swallow dryly, my tongue heavy and thick. "What happened?"

nuzzles into my arm. I

calling my name, but

* * *

of disinfectant. Starched sheets rough

heavy but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus—white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital.

back. Her relief washes over

and Lisa are here. They're asking me questions, one talking over the other.

long was I out?" I rasp, my throat

softly. We were

you okay?" Lucas asks, way too close to

pipes up, from

Selene helps, bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead me up until I'm

process that

pole with a few bags hanging off

a hospital gown, blankets pooled around my waist. My hair is lank and greasy against

I waver, dizzy. You've been through a

piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho

black hole in my

"What happened to me?"

for my face, his fingers hesitant and gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us, a feeling of comfort,

know for sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying to emerge. Do you feel any

strangeness surrounding my heritage, the idea fills me with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for

way too

soothes, sensing my unease.

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