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,

the dog right now. All that

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

demanding Ava’s

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Lucas Westwood,” I growl, slamming my hand on the counter. “Alpha of the Westwood Pack. Ava Grey is under my protection.

keyboard. “R–room 305, Alpha.

head for the elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow,

worst–case scenarios.

on? What if someone

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

not slowing

Alpha,” one of them says.

with her.”

there she is. Ava. Lying still and pale against

ovnraccion crim Thoro’s

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girl on the other side of the

Must be Lisa.

Vanessa greets softly. “I wish I had

news.”

finding hers, careful of the wires and tubes. Her skin is cool to

to swallow

throat.

with her, Nessa?” I ask hoarsely. “Why

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

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

wolf,” Vanessa cuts

the lack thereof.”

frown, not understanding. “What do

being of age. And now, with everything

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it. It’s the only theory I can come up with. Her healing has been at an exceptional rate recently, and there was the incident. during the escape where she had supernatural speed.

wolves.”

my mind reeling. Her wolf. Trying to break free.

spreads her hands helplessly. “I don’t know, Lucas. This is beyond anything I’ve seen before. We’re in uncharted territory

tight. Uncharted or not, I refuse to lose Ava. Not like this. Not when

“I want updates every hour. And double the guard on her

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