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. Come back
No way.
peaceful here, in this hazy
to come back. This is not
darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn't kill me. It
won't die, Ava. You're
Alive.
Alive means death—
sorry
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against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes indistinct.
Ava.
comforting. Grounding. I try to speak but my throat is parched, voice a ragged whisper.
weight of her head resting on my hand. I turn my head slowly, painfully. She's there, silver fur shining, blue eyes
Relief colors
and thick. "What happened?" The words
nuzzles into my arm. I
name,
* * *
of disinfectant. Starched sheets rough against my skin. An IV pinches the back of
but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus—white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene is curled up beside me,
relief washes over
asking me questions, one talking
long was I out?" I rasp,
softly. We
Lucas asks, way too close
pipes up, from my
and uncooperative. Selene helps, bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on
entire process that leaves me
hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one's connected to yet
around my waist.
cautions as I waver, dizzy. You've been
piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa.
hole in my
"What happened to me?"
my skin. Warmth flows between us, a
thinks your wolf is trying to emerge.
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
She's way
afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my
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