Tangled

Chapter 107

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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,

about the dog right now. All that matters

make a beeline for the front desk. The receptionist

demanding Ava’s room

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counter. “Alpha of the Westwood

keyboard. “R–room 305, Alpha. Third floor, to the

elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow, the numbers crawling by as my

worst–case scenarios.

let on? What if someone got past the guards? What

eating up the distance to Ava’s room. Two of my enforcers stand guard outside, nodding respectfully

bark, not slowing down.

one of them says. “Vanessa’s still in

with her.”

the door, my heart in my throat. And there she is. Ava. Lying still and pale against the white sheets, an IV dripping into her

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on the other side of

Must be Lisa.

“I wish I had

news.”

three strides, my hand finding hers, careful of the wires and tubes.

swallow past the lump in

throat.

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

her hair. “Physically, she’s fine. Exhausted and a bit dehydrated,

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

it’s her wolf,” Vanessa cuts

the lack thereof.”

frown, not understanding. “What do you

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

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has been at an exceptional rate recently,

wolves.”

at Ava’s still face, my mind reeling. Her wolf. Trying

“I don’t know, Lucas. This is

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

double the guard on her room. No one gets in besides medical staff and pack.”

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