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

tell them about

secrets.

the secret means Ava never wakes up? the logical side of me whispers.

I don’t know.

I stay silent, because there isn’t much to

notice to my friends and family. My parents are still pissed at me, 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 day I

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I was moving.

still puts money in my bank account every week. He’s not thrilled, but he’s not

City, and now I’m

there’s been so

worried about being

Wait. Pregnant.

an

she be pregnant?

be why?

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 I

question? Hey, Alpha of the Westwood

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best friend. Quick question, could getting knocked up by a werewolf, who by the way wasn’t you,

no. That’s

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

still and pale against the white hospital sheets, I can’t help but wonder if that could be the reason

bring myself to ask Lucas directly. He looks like he’s barely holding it together as it is, his

I can’t put this on

help, someone who knows about shifter biology and

Vanessa.

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into my head, and I latch onto it like a lifeline. She’s the healer who’s been taking care of Ava, the one with the kind eyes and gentle voice. If anyone can answer my questions without

hand. “I’ll be right back,” I whisper, even though I know she can’t hear me. “Just gonna

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 let anything happen to Ava while

fluorescent lights

think. Or maybe

can always backtrack

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I walk, my mind churns with questions and worries, each

it’s not pregnancy, then what is it? What could possibly cause her

each one sends chill down my spine. I wrap my arms around myself, trying to ward

be okay, Ava. Please

a corner, and nearly collide with someone coming from the other direction. I stumble back, an apology already forming on my lips, but it dies in my throat when I see who it

Vanessa.

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

words come out. Suddenly, all of my carefully planned questions

throat.

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