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

will be no pain, Ava. Just

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this

have to come back. This is not where you

should be.

I’m here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it

won’t die, Ava. You’re alive.

Alive.

Alive means death-

sorry for yourself. You

***

eyes crack open. They feel like sandpaper scraping against my

Ava.

voice is warm

to speak but my throat is parched, voice a ragged whisper. “Selene?”

wet nose presses into my palm.

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She’s there, silver

colors her

and thick. “What

arm. I want to protest but exhaustion drags

name, but I’m already

***

of a heart monitor. The chemical

skin. An IV pinches the back of my

open. The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene

relief washes over me.

are here. They’re asking me questions, one talking over

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

disuse.

Selene whines softly. We were

worried.

asks, way too close to

are you feeling?” Lisa pipes

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

her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead me up until I’m

entire process that leaves me

upright, I take stock. My limbs

pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that

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

I waver, dizzy. You’ve been

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through a lot.

century. I cast my mind back, trying to piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch.

to me?”

flows between us, a feeling of comfort, and the urge to

sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying to

heritage, the idea fills me with 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 a lap dog.

She’s way too big for

my unease. This is natural for

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The word tastes like ashes on my tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right?

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