Tangled

Chapter 107

107 Lucas: Panic

LUCAS

“What the fuck do you mean she’s unconscious?” My voice rises in the back of the cab, drawing Vester’s alarmed glance in the rearview mirror of the SUV.

Kellan’s voice crackles through my phone. “Her vitals are stable, but she’s not waking up. Doctors can’t find anything physically wrong.”

“Then why the hell is she in the hospital?” Fury pounds through my veins, my wolf snarling to hunt down whoever dared harm our mate. “What did Jericho do?”

“It wasn’t him. She collapsed at home after training.”

“Training?” The word comes out in a growl. “She’s still recovering! She shouldn’t be-”

“Boss.” Vester’s gruff voice cuts in. “Nessa’s with her

now. Should be able to tell us more soon.”

I rake a hand through my hair, jaw clenched. “I want guards on her room. No one gets in besides pack and medical staff.”

“Already done.”

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“Good.” I glance out the window at the darkened streets whizzing by, leg bouncing with impatience. Vester’s watching cautiously, and the husky’s panting in the back, still crated. “The dog. Get her to Lisa’s place.”

“Dog?” Kellan grunts. “Since when-“.

“Don’t worry about it.” I end the call, pulse hammering in my throat.

Ava. My Ava. Lying in a hospital bed. Again.

No. I won’t let anything else happen to her. Whatever this is, whoever is responsible, I’ll destroy them. Rip them to shreds with my bare hands if I have to.

The SUV screeches to a halt outside the hospital, but I’m already flinging open the door, barely registering

Vester’s shout to wait. Selene whines from her crate,

I can’t think about the dog right now. All

the sliding doors, my boots thudding against the linoleum as I make a beeline for the front desk. The receptionist

Ava’s room

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the Westwood

flying over her keyboard. “R–room 305,

the elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow,

worst–case scenarios.

on? What

the distance to Ava’s room. Two of my

I bark, not slowing down.

change, Alpha,” one of them says. “Vanessa’s still

with her.”

still and pale against the white sheets, an IV dripping into her arm. Vanessa

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human girl on the other side

Must be Lisa.

“I wish I had

news.”

Ava’s side in three strides, my hand finding hers, careful of the wires and tubes. Her skin is

and I have to swallow past the lump in my

throat.

with her, Nessa?” I ask hoarsely. “Why won’t she

hair. “Physically, she’s fine. Exhausted and

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

her wolf,” Vanessa

the lack thereof.”

frown, not understanding. “What do you mean?”

carefully. “She hasn’t shifted, despite being of age. And now, with everything she’s been through… I think her wolf is trying to

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with. Her healing has been at an exceptional rate recently, and there was the incident. during the escape where she had supernatural speed. These are not human traits. These are

wolves.”

still face, my mind reeling. Her

know, Lucas. This is beyond anything I’ve seen before. We’re in uncharted territory here.”

lose Ava. Not like this. Not when I just got

every hour. And double the guard on

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