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.

try to relax in the recliner they’ve

to drink water;

to swallow that, either. The thought alone

nauseated.

my mind, meeting only silence. It’s something

14. 14.

36

Selena’s

years

it’s amazing how you adapt to change.

can’t imagine life without Selene anymore, even when she

It’s wrong.

few hours, a nurse comes in to check all

at sunrise feeling

the

if I can go back to the scene of the accident.

too busy to just be called down to the hospital because a strange woman wants to meet

out of

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Ava.

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of

have

…can’t…far…

saying so much more than I can

explained to me; all their wolves exist with them. I’ve never heard of

taut muscle as I lay back in my bed. My breath escapes me in a long

Selene is close.

night. I’m not sure how fast she can run, but

ask after a few

hear you, her voice whispers, and I can feel

in my eyes.

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Selene’s Return

Aspen pack. Their alpha saved me last night. I quickly give a summary of events, feeling

Are you hurt?

my head, forgetting she can’t see me.

you hurt?

have some questions, though. They said I’m going into heat.

I can still feel her. It’s good

have her back.