Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 142

Chapter 142 Lisa: Chained

The sound of water dripping is the first thing to break through the darkness of my mind.

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

It's an erratic rhythm that leaves me uncomfortable.

The voices come next, soft, sibilant whispers. Evil. Whoever they are, they'd be the villains in any story.

Eventually, I realize the darkness is really just pain. Pain that throbs and aches in half my face. But why?

Vampires.

That's why.

My eyes fly open when I finally remember, and I struggle to sit up, blinking into the darkness.

I can't see anything.

Are my eyes open?

My hands won't reach my face, yanking against something cold and hard around my wrists.

Manacles?

Swiping my hands around, I can feel the heavy, rusted chains holding me down, bolted to the floor.

Fuck.

This is…

Really not good.

Ava. Is Ava here?

"Ava?" I whisper, but there's nothing.

that erratic plink, plink-plink of something

the voices

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

fear. I try to move

the manacles, the metal biting into my wrists. Pain sears through my arms, but I don't care. I

trickling down my forearms. Sobs wrack my body, each one tearing out of my

can barely stand, the shackles forcing me to hunch over. My muscles

Plink. Plink-plink.

my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Shapes slowly emerge from the inky blackness. Rough stone walls, a small window high above my head. The

I'm in a cell.

A fucking cell.

bubbles up my throat, escaping in a strangled laugh. I'm chained up in some vampire's dungeon like a gothic romance heroine. Except there's no dashing hero coming to save me. No

Plink-plink-plink.

my realization. I want to scream again, to rage

There's no magic or super strength hidden deep inside. I can't shift into a wolf or melt into shadows.

I hate this.

drift to Kellan. I'd hated how he was always around. Hated

was here to tell me

over this

find me when

sting my eyes, hot and bitter. I let them fall, too tired to fight

her fierce determination and unwavering loyalty. She won't give up on me. She'll

Can they really go up against vampires and

I don't know

know is that I'm scared. I'm so fucking scared and

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

every other thought. It's maddening, the irregularity of it. I want to scream, to beg

taste blood and

that Kellan and Ava will find me. That Lucas and the Westwood pack will tear this place apart

believe that. Because the

I imagine his arms around me,

a moment,

Plink.

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