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

about Selene. These are

secrets.

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

I don’t know.

stay silent, because there

group chat name from My Happy Randalls to Empty Nest Randalls with a sad

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Ava’s

I was moving.

thrilled, but

and

Maybe. But there’s been

about being pregnant.

Wait. Pregnant.

get an

she be

that be why?

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 I swallow it back down.

do you even bring up that kind of question? Hey, Alpha of the Westwood Pack, you

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getting knocked up by a werewolf, who by the way wasn’t you, cause a

That’s

at the back of my mind. Ava mentioned worrying about being pregnant, but we never really circled back to that topic. There was always something else going on, some new crisis. to deal

lying so still and pale against the white hospital sheets, I can’t help

bring myself 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

I can’t put this on him.

help, someone

Vanessa.

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healer who’s been taking care of Ava, the one with the kind eyes and gentle voice. If anyone can answer my questions without making me feel like an idiot,

back of Ava’s hand. “I’ll be right back,” I whisper, even though I know she can’t hear me. “Just gonna go ask Vanessa

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

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

I think. Or maybe right?

figuring I can always backtrack if I

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to. As I walk, my mind churns with questions and worries, each one more unsettling

it? What could possibly cause her to just

my spine. I wrap my arms around myself, trying to ward off

okay, Ava. Please wake up.

stumble back, an apology already forming on my lips, but it dies in my throat when I

Vanessa.

her eyes widening as she takes in my disheveled appearance.

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

throat.

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