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.

will be no pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come back to

No way.

peaceful here, in this hazy

This is not where you should

darkness. I feel

die,

Alive.

Alive means death—

that's enough. Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You never died. Wake.

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open. They feel like sandpaper scraping against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes indistinct.

Ava.

I try to speak but my throat is

presses into my palm. The slight weight of her head resting on my hand. I turn my head slowly, painfully. She's there, silver fur shining, blue

awake. Relief colors

heavy and thick. "What happened?"

nuzzles into my arm. I want to

calling my name, but I'm already

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monitor. The chemical scent of disinfectant. Starched sheets rough against my skin. An

them open. The ceiling swims into focus—white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene

back. Her relief washes over

Lisa are here. They're asking me questions, one talking over the other. It's painful to my

was I out?" I rasp, my throat raw

weeks, Selene whines softly. We were

you okay?" Lucas asks, way too close

Lisa pipes up, from

sit up, my muscles weak and uncooperative. 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

entire process

hand, connected to an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the

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

waver, dizzy.

cast my mind back, trying to piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the

yawning black hole in

"What happened to me?"

against my skin. Warmth flows between us, a feeling of comfort,

for sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf

shift, to run beneath the moon. To be whole. But now, with all the strangeness surrounding my heritage, the idea fills me with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason she

way too big

be afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is natural

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