Tangled

Chapter 112

112 Ava: Waking Up

Darkness.

Light.

So cold.

It burns.

My lungs ache.

Something’s holding me down.

There are whispers. Prayers, I think.

Chaos reigns in this hazy world. Something beeps. incessantly.

I’m sweating. My hands are too warm.

1. up.

What’s that?

… Ava, you…

Who’s that?

can you hear me?

I struggle to reach the voice that calls me,

but

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something sucks me away again.

Frustration simmers, but I’m too tired to fight it.

Ava, you have to wake up.

There it is again.

I know you can hear me, because I can finally hear you.

Hear me? Hear me what? Am I talking?

Yes.

No, I don’t think I’m talking. I’m too tired. My body is crushed beneath the earth. Fire ate every last bit of me. I drowned. The air was sucked away.

You’re alive. You’re asleep in the hospital. You’re just fine. You just need to wake up.

No, no.

No, no, no.

Waking is pain.

the pain.

pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come

1. me.

No way.

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here, in

come back. This is

should be.

this serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn’t kill me.

won’t die, Ava. You’re

Alive.

Alive means death-

that’s enough. Wake up. Stop feeling sorry

***

like sandpaper scraping against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes indistinct. White.

Ava.

warm

try to speak but my throat is

my

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my head slowly, painfully. She’s there, silver fur shining, blue eyes bright with intelligence and

colors her tone.

tongue heavy and thick. “What happened?” The words scrape out.

my arm. I want to protest but exhaustion drags me under again.

my name, but I’m already

***

steady beep of a heart monitor. The

An IV pinches the back

ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene is curled up beside me, a comforting warmth.

back. Her relief washes over me.

questions, one talking over the other. It’s

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was I out?” I rasp, my throat raw

disuse.

weeks, Selene whines softly. We were so

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way

Lisa pipes up, from

The news hits me like a punch to the gut. I struggle to

and both Lisa and Lucas rest

that leaves me

I take stock. My limbs

needle pinches my hand, connected to an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one’s

a hospital gown, blankets pooled around my waist. My hair is lank and greasy against my neck.

cautions as I waver, dizzy.

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through a lot.

of the century. I cast my mind back, trying to piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch. Then… nothing.

happened to

his fingers hesitant and gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us, a feeling of comfort, and the urge to press my cheek into his hand, nuzzling

know for sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying to emerge. Do you

so long, I yearned to shift, to run beneath the moon. To be whole. But now, with all the strangeness surrounding my heritage, the idea fills me with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason

not. She’s way too big

my unease. This is natural for you

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on my tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right?

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