Tangled

Chapter 33

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

It’s wrong.

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

But even a restless sleep replenishes your energy, and I wake at sunrise feeling ever–so–slightly refreshed and ready to take on the world.

Well–maybe not the world.

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

Unfortunately, that doesn’t go well. Apparently, he’s too busy to just be called down to the hospital because a strange woman wants to meet with him.

By lunch, I’m nearly crawling out of my skin with agitation.

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Ava.

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I drop my spoonful of orange jello in shock.

Selene! Where have you been?!

…can’t…far…

It’s 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 is there.

I must be too far to 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 it is a dog’s form.

Relief blossoms, relaxing every inch of taut muscle as I lay back in my bed. My breath escapes me in a long sigh.

Selene is close.

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

Selene? I ask after a few minutes.

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

in my eyes.

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I’m in a 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?

I shake my head, forgetting she can’t see me.

Ava. Are you hurt?

Not bad, mainly from the car crash. I have some questions, though. They said I’m going into heat. They want me here until my heat is over.

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

have her back.

That will be problematic, she says, sounding grim. Has the alpha scented you?

You mean, sniffed me? Yes.

I can hear a faint growl in my head. Has he gotten near

the scar on your neck?

respond

away from it. When did you

How did you know? Can you see me?

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into heat,

necklace.

me. Would

know…

thought I might have lost it during the crash, but now I’m thinking I might have lost it earlier. The guys

of frustration fills my head. Will you be

At the hospital?

Yes.

nod, then remember she can’t see me. Yes. Alpha Clayton seems to be very kind, and has a good reputation as a leader.

to me.

for the necklace. Don’t lose the ring, too, or we will really

to explain

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me from going into heat?

goes silent for a while. Her voice is fading when

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him away from my scar. It’s not like I want anyone near it anyway, but her

stimulate my appetite–probably a side effect from only being allowed to eat little cups of jello. “How are you feeling? I apologize for not being able to check

you sooner.”

The nurse said

a chair to the side of my bed, sitting with the elegant grace most

have that level of grace,

raised with my wolf inside of me like

them.

that,” Clayton says,

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are, in fact,

him to continue. We’d already established that.

them, and eventually rests them on the side of my bed as rests his elbows on his knees. His fingers brush gently against the side of my hand, and I’m surprised to

want to grab his hands, to

scent them. So, the unmated

trying to, but I’m also trying not to just

hand–holding.

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myself, so we will do our best to keep

understand what’s going

because I’ve been staring

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my fingers through his with

blink at him as he speaks, wondering why his voice

in heat, though a strong beta can also catch her attention,” he says, and I realize

each other, as his thumb caresses the back of my hand in a way that’s driving

jaw. “Do you need an alpha, Ava?” he asks in that rough voice

a little as he drags our clasped hands up my thigh, pressing gently down against the top of

“You smell divine.”

my blanket down. He nuzzles down the side

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Important.

is

Why?

good when he kisses it.

And licks it.

And nibbles.

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