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.

erratic plink,

voices

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

squeezing with a mania of isolation and fear. I try to move again, the chains rattling like mocking laughter. Frustration rips through my chest and I scream, the

me go!" I yank at the manacles, the metal biting into my wrists. Pain sears through my arms, but I

and twist, my skin tearing, blood trickling down my forearms. Sobs wrack my body, each one tearing out of my

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

Plink. Plink-plink.

try to force 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 barest hint of moonlight

I'm in a cell.

A fucking cell.

some vampire's dungeon like a gothic romance

Plink-plink-plink.

realization. I want to scream again, to rage against the unfairness of

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

I hate this.

thoughts drift to Kellan. I'd hated how he was always around. Hated his grim determination to keep us safe, at the

he was here to tell me I told you

his smugness over this

possibly find me when I don't even know where I

sting my eyes, hot and bitter. I let them

She won't give up on me. She'll tear this world apart to find

Can they really go up against vampires and

don't know anything

I'm so fucking scared and I

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

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

don't. I bite my lip hard enough to taste blood and focus

will find me. That Lucas

that. Because the alternative

and picture Kellan's face. I imagine his arms around me, his voice in my

just a moment, I almost believe

Plink.

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