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 wake up. Come

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this hazy place.

back.

should be.

me? But I’m here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel

Ava. You’re alive.

Alive.

Alive means death-

feeling sorry for yourself.

***

my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes indistinct. White. Harsh

Ava.

warm honey in my mind,

I try to speak but my throat is parched, voice

wet nose presses into my palm. The slight weight

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

colors her

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

I want to protest but

name, but I’m

***

a heart monitor. The chemical scent

rough against my skin. An IV pinches the back of my hand.

but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene is curled

back. Her relief washes

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

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I rasp, my

disuse.

softly. We were

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way

are you feeling?” Lisa pipes up, from my

punch to the gut. I struggle to

rest their

an entire process that leaves me

I take stock. My limbs feel stiff,

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

blankets pooled around my waist. My hair is lank and greasy against

as I waver,

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through a lot.

my mind back, trying to piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch. Then… nothing. A yawning black hole in my memory.

happened to me?”

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

sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is

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 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.

not. She’s way too big for that.

soothes, sensing my unease.

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my tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa

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