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.

pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come back

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this hazy

come back. This

should be.

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 never died.

***

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

Ava.

Her voice is warm

throat is

into my

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She’s there, silver fur shining, blue eyes bright with intelligence and worry.

awake. Relief colors

thick.

arm. I want

calling my name, but I’m

***

beep of a heart monitor. The chemical scent

IV

are heavy but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles,

relief washes over me.

They’re asking me questions, one talking over the other. It’s

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long was I out?” I rasp,

disuse.

whines softly. We were so

worried.

way

are you feeling?” Lisa pipes up, from

a punch to the gut. I struggle to sit

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

process that leaves me

stock.

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

around my waist.

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

happened to

and gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us, a feeling

Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying to emerge.

with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason she has yet to

She’s way too

Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is

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has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you going to be a

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