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.

remember the pain.

no pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come back

1. me.

No way.

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in this hazy place.

come back. This

should be.

serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn’t kill me. It isn’t enough to

Ava.

Alive.

Alive means death-

up. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You

***

against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes

Ava.

warm honey

but my throat is

nose presses into my palm. The slight weight

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resting on my hand. I turn my head slowly, painfully. She’s there, silver fur shining, blue eyes bright with

colors her

and thick. “What happened?” The words

now. She nuzzles into my arm. I want to protest but exhaustion drags me

name, but I’m already

***

returns gradually. The steady beep of a heart monitor. The chemical scent of disinfectant.

my skin. An IV pinches

ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene is curled

back. Her relief

one talking over the other. It’s painful to my

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was I out?” I rasp, my throat raw from

disuse.

weeks, Selene whines softly. We were

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way too close to

are you feeling?” Lisa pipes up, from my other

me like a punch to the gut. I struggle to sit up, my muscles weak and

Lisa and Lucas rest their

that

stock. My limbs feel stiff,

to an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks

my waist. My hair

as I waver, dizzy. You’ve been

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through a lot.

here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch.

to

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

wolf is trying

trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason she has yet to explain, and her ears flick as she licks my face, settling into my lap as though she’s

way too big

be afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is natural

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like ashes on my tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you going to be a

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