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

no pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this hazy

come back. This

should be.

me? But I’m here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn’t kill me. It isn’t enough to kill

Ava.

Alive.

Alive means death-

feeling sorry for yourself. You never died. Wake.

***

eyes crack open. They feel like sandpaper scraping against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes

Ava.

is warm

but my throat is parched, voice a ragged whisper.

presses into my palm. The slight weight

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

awake. Relief colors her

thick. “What happened?” The words

into my arm. I want to protest but exhaustion

name, but I’m

***

steady beep of a heart

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

are heavy but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A hospital. Selene is curled up beside me, a comforting warmth.

Her relief washes over

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

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was I out?” I rasp, my

disuse.

softly. We were so

worried.

asks, way too close to

you feeling?” Lisa pipes

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

body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead

an entire process that

stock. My

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

a hospital gown, blankets pooled around my waist.

as I waver, dizzy. You’ve been

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through a lot.

I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch. Then… nothing.

to

fingers hesitant and gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us,

don’t know for sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is

flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised

way too big for

Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is

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tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you going to be a part of

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