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 they’ve provided; I

drink water;

wouldn’t be able to swallow that,

nauseated.

reaching out for Selene in my mind, meeting only silence. It’s something I should be

14. 14.

36

Selena’s Retur

years

it’s amazing how you adapt

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

It’s wrong.

few hours, a nurse comes in to check all my vitals,

wake at sunrise feeling ever–so–slightly refreshed and ready to take on the world.

the world.

to ask Alpha Clayton if I can go back to the scene of the accident.

well. Apparently, he’s too busy to just be called down to the hospital because a strange

lunch, I’m nearly crawling out

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Ava.

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drop my spoonful of orange

have you

…can’t…far…

I’m sure she’s saying so much more than I can hear, but the important

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

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

Selene is close.

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

ask after

can hear you, her voice whispers, and I

in my eyes.

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Ava: Selene’s Return

pack. Their alpha saved me last night. I quickly give a summary

Are you hurt?

shake my head, forgetting

you

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

silent, but I can still feel her. It’s good to

have her back.