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.

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try to drink

able to swallow that, either. The thought alone

nauseated.

mind, meeting only silence. It’s something I should be used

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36

Selena’s Retur

years

it—but it’s amazing how

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

It’s wrong.

and starts. Every few hours, a nurse comes in to check all my vitals, and it takes a long time until I

and I wake at sunrise feeling ever–so–slightly refreshed and ready to take

not the

can go

down to the hospital because a strange

lunch, I’m nearly crawling out of my skin

***

Ava.

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Selene’s

spoonful of orange jello in

have you

…can’t…far…

I’m sure she’s saying so much more

their wolves exist with them. I’ve never

lay back

Selene is close.

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

I ask after a few minutes.

you, her voice whispers, and I

in my eyes.

14:52

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Selene’s

hospital run by the Aspen pack. Their alpha saved me last night. I quickly give a summary of events, feeling her presence strengthen every minute.

Are you hurt?

forgetting she can’t see me.

Are you hurt?

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

I can still feel her.

have her back.