Tangled

Chapter 108

108 Lisa: Ava’s Absence (I)

LISA

Lucas is bigger than I thought he’d be.

The thought comes randomly as I stare at him across Ava’s bed. He never spares me a glance; he’s attuned to her every breath. There’s pain etched across his face that makes my heart ache for him.

I’m hurting, too. But this fated mate connection that

shifters have…

It’s on another level.

Kissing the back of Ava’s hand, I lower my head to pray for the hundredth time today.

Dear Lord, please hear my prayer. I know I don’t go to church and I don’t follow your commandments. I know

I’m a terrible Christian. I’m not even sure I am

Christian. But I know you’re supposed to care about all of us, so please–if you’re listening–please, save Ava.

She deserves so much more than this.

Of course, there’s no answer. Half of me is hoping for a miracle, but the other half knows the prayer’s

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pointless.

There’s nothing any of us can do.

The doctors are confused. All they can say is that she’s stable and should wake up when she’s ready.

But why is she even in this bed in the first place?

We didn’t do anything extra strenuous.

She’s been healing fine.

So why?

Vanessa’s words about Ava’s wolf have me worried, but

just tell them about Selene. These are Ava’s

secrets.

Ava never wakes up? the logical side

I don’t know.

there isn’t

I’m pretty sure. Mom’s changed our group chat name from My Happy Randalls to Empty Nest Randalls with a sad emoji, and she hasn’t spoken in there since the

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her I was moving.

week. He’s not thrilled, but he’s not about to let me go homeless or

only thing for me here in Granite City, and now I’m terrified that she won’t be here much longer.

But there’s been

worried about

Wait. Pregnant.

an answer

she be

be why?

a lead weight in my stomach as I glance toward Lucas. His presence is intimidating on a good day, but right now, with Ava unconscious in the hospital bed between us, it’s suffocating. The urge to ask him about shifter pregnancies rises in my throat, but

up that kind of question? Hey, Alpha of the Westwood Pack, you don’t know me,

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werewolf, who by the way wasn’t you,

no. That’s not

about being pregnant, but we never really circled back to that topic. There was always something else going on, some new crisis. to deal

against the white hospital sheets, I can’t help but wonder if that could be the reason behind all of

to ask Lucas directly. He looks like he’s barely holding it together as it is, his eyes never leaving Ava’s face, his hand gripping hers like he’s trying to anchor her to this world through sheer

put this

who can help,

Vanessa.

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latch onto it like a lifeline. She’s the healer who’s been taking care of Ava, the one with

Ava’s hand. “I’ll be right back,” I whisper, even though I

doesn’t acknowledge me, but I get the sense that he’s aware of my every move. It’s unnerving, but also strangely comforting. At least I know he’s not going to

hand, I slip out of the room, letting the door click shut softly behind me. The hallway is quiet, the fluorescent lights casting a harsh glare against the white walls and tiled floor. I take a moment to orient myself, trying to

think. Or maybe

can always backtrack if I

Ava’s

churns with questions and worries, each one

is it? What could possibly cause her to just collapse like

spine. I wrap my arms around myself,

be okay, Ava. Please wake

back, an apology already forming on

Vanessa.

widening as she takes in my disheveled appearance. “Miss Randall?

my mouth, but no words come out. Suddenly, all of my carefully planned questions seem to have

throat.

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