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,

can’t think about the dog right now. All

linoleum as I make a

demanding Ava’s

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hand on the counter. “Alpha of the Westwood Pack. Ava Grey is

her keyboard. “R–room 305, Alpha.

and head for the elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow, the numbers crawling by as my mind

worst–case scenarios.

hurt worse than Kellan let on? What if someone got past the guards?

and I’m moving, long strides eating up the distance to Ava’s room. Two of my enforcers stand guard outside, nodding respectfully as I

bark, not

of them says. “Vanessa’s

with her.”

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

her hodaido ovnraccion crim

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human girl on the other side of

Must be Lisa.

greets softly. “I wish I had better

news.”

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

have to swallow past the lump in my

throat.

I ask

sighs, running a hand through her hair. “Physically, she’s fine. Exhausted and a bit dehydrated, but nothing that

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

think it’s her wolf,” Vanessa cuts in

the lack thereof.”

understanding. “What do

age. And now, with everything she’s been through… I think her wolf is trying

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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. These are not human traits. These are

wolves.”

mind reeling. Her wolf. Trying to break free.

spreads her hands helplessly. “I don’t know, Lucas. This is beyond anything

nod, jaw tight. Uncharted or not, I refuse to lose Ava. Not

guard

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