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,

the dog right now. All that matters

boots thudding against the linoleum as I make a beeline for the front desk. The receptionist looks up, startled, but I’m

Ava’s room number.

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of the Westwood Pack. Ava Grey is

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

with thanks, just spin on my heel and head for the elevators. The ride up is agonizingly slow, the numbers crawling by as my

worst–case scenarios.

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

distance to Ava’s room. Two of my

not slowing

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

with her.”

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

ovnraccion crim Thoro’s

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on the other side of

Must be Lisa.

Vanessa greets softly. “I wish I

news.”

hers, careful of the

swallow past the lump in

throat.

Nessa?” I ask hoarsely. “Why won’t she wake up?”

a hand through her hair. “Physically, she’s fine. Exhausted and a bit dehydrated, but nothing that would cause this level

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

wolf,” Vanessa cuts in

the lack thereof.”

understanding. “What

age. And now, with everything

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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

wolves.”

Her wolf. Trying to break free. “But why now?

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

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

hour. And double the guard on her room. No one gets in

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