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.

Just wake up.

No way.

here, in

have to come back. This is not

place for me? But I'm here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel pain,

die, Ava.

Alive.

Alive means death—

Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You

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

Ava.

comforting. Grounding. I try to speak but my

my hand. I turn my head slowly, painfully. She's

Relief

tongue heavy and thick. "What happened?" The words scrape

into my arm. I want

calling my name, but

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a heart monitor. The chemical scent of disinfectant. Starched sheets rough against my skin. An IV pinches the back of

force them open. The ceiling swims into focus—white tiles,

relief washes

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

I rasp,

whines softly. We

okay?" Lucas asks, way too close

are you feeling?" Lisa pipes up, from my

and uncooperative. Selene helps, bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back

an entire process

hand, connected to an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one's connected to yet another IV line in

around my waist. My hair is lank

Selene cautions as I waver, dizzy. You've been through a

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

yawning black hole in

"What happened to me?"

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

sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying

idea fills me with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason she has yet to explain, and her ears flick as she licks my face, settling into my lap as though she's a lap

not. She's way too big for

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

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