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 provided; I

try to drink water;

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

nauseated.

only silence. It’s something I should be

14. 14.

36

Selena’s

years

amazing how you adapt to change.

even

It’s wrong.

check all my vitals, and it takes a long time until I can fall asleep

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

the

to ask Alpha Clayton if I can go back to the

down to the hospital because a strange

crawling out of my skin with agitation.

***

Ava.

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Selene’s

of orange

have

…can’t…far…

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

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

muscle as I lay back

Selene is close.

I’m not sure how fast she

I ask after a few minutes.

her voice whispers, and I can

in my eyes.

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Ava: 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

you hurt?

some questions, though. They said I’m going into heat. They want me here until

but I can still feel her. It’s

have her back.