Tangled

33 Ava: Selene’s Return

Panic seizes me as I pat frantically at my neck, searching for the familiar weight of my necklace and finding only smooth skin.

Where is it? How could I have lost it?

Hurriedly, I retrace my steps, dripping water across the tile as I scour the bathroom. I get down on my hands and knees, peering under the sink and toilet, my heart pounding with rising dread. Nothing. It’s not here.

Wrapping myself in a towel, I venture back into the main room, my gaze darting frantically about as I search for any sign of the missing crystal. I rifle

through the sheets on the bed, tossing pillows aside as my desperation grows.

Not there.

I get the bright idea to check my pockets, but it isn’t

there either.

Shit.

Fuck.

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33 Ava: Solone’s Return

you.”

I clutch the towel tighter around myself. “Thank you. I just showered, so it’s perfect timing.”

It dawns on me that I hadn’t even checked for a

change of clothes before showering. My brain’s been defective since I got here; it’s no wonder I didn’t notice the necklace missing.

I end up in a soft cotton hospital gown that buttons up in the back, instead of gaping open. Nurse Jenna left a cup of water at my bedside and showed me how to use my call light in case I needed anyone.

Too bad none of them can help me materialize a missing necklace.

I try to relax in bed; I can’t. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

to relax in the recliner

try to drink

thought. I wouldn’t be able to swallow that, either. The thought alone makes me

nauseated.

only silence. It’s

14. 14.

36

Ava: Selena’s

years

how you adapt

Selene anymore, even when

It’s wrong.

in fits and starts. Every few hours, a nurse comes in to check all my

a restless sleep replenishes your energy, and I wake at sunrise feeling ever–so–slightly refreshed

the world.

to ask Alpha Clayton if I can go back

that doesn’t go well. Apparently, he’s too busy to just be called down

out

***

Ava.

4/8

Selene’s

my spoonful of

Where have you

…can’t…far…

like her voice is ebbing and flowing in my mind. I’m sure she’s saying so much more than I can hear, but the important word

maintain a connection. This isn’t something any other shifter could have explained to me; all their wolves exist with them. I’ve never heard of a wolf that can manifest into their own body, even if

taut muscle as I lay back in my bed. My breath

Selene is close.

been running all night. I’m not sure how fast she can run, but it must have been

ask after a few minutes.

hear you, her voice whispers, and I can feel tears

in my eyes.

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Selene’s

in a hospital run by the Aspen pack. Their alpha saved me last night. I quickly

Are you hurt?

shake my head, forgetting she can’t see

Are you hurt?

They said I’m going into heat. They want me

I can still feel her. It’s good

have her back.