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 is

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

Ava’s room number.

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growl, slamming my hand on the counter. “Alpha of the Westwood

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

spin on my heel and head for the elevators. The ride up

worst–case scenarios.

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

strides eating up the distance to Ava’s room.

bark, not slowing

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

with her.”

she is. Ava. Lying still and pale against

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the other side

Must be Lisa.

softly. “I wish I had

news.”

cross to Ava’s side in three strides, my hand finding hers,

have to swallow

throat.

her, Nessa?” I ask

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

unconsciousness.”

“Then what-”

it’s her wolf,” Vanessa cuts in gently.

the lack thereof.”

understanding. “What do

age. And now, with everything she’s been

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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

wolves.”

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

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

lose Ava. Not like this.

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

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