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.

plink, plink-plink of

voices are

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

sound slithers into my mind, coiling around my heart and squeezing with a mania of isolation and fear. I try to move

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

forearms. Sobs wrack my body, each one tearing out of my throat. It's useless. The

out of me. I can barely stand, the shackles forcing me

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 filters through, only

I'm in a cell.

A fucking cell.

strangled laugh. I'm chained up in some vampire's dungeon like a gothic romance heroine. Except there's no dashing

Plink-plink-plink.

as if mocking my realization. I want to

strength hidden deep inside. I can't shift into a wolf or melt into shadows. Humans are weak and helpless against

I hate this.

Hated his grim determination to keep us safe, at

was here to tell me I told

his smugness over this

possibly find me when

I let them fall, too tired to

think of Ava, of her fierce determination and unwavering loyalty. She won't give up on me. She'll tear

will it be enough? Can they

don't know anything

so fucking scared and I don't know what to

Plink.

Plink-plink.

Plink.

driving out every other thought. It's maddening, the irregularity of it.

taste blood and

on. I have to believe that Kellan and Ava will find me. That Lucas and the

the

Kellan's face. I imagine his arms around me, his voice in my ear telling

just a moment,

Plink.

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