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

Just wake up.

1. me.

No way.

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here, in this hazy

come back. This is not where

should be.

serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn’t

won’t die, Ava.

Alive.

Alive means death-

that’s enough. Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for

***

They feel like sandpaper scraping against my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes indistinct. White.

Ava.

is warm honey

speak but my throat is parched, voice a ragged whisper.

nose presses into my palm. The slight weight of

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I turn my head slowly, painfully. She’s there, silver

Relief colors

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

Rest now. She nuzzles into my arm. I want to

calling my name, but I’m already gone.

***

gradually. The steady beep of a heart

skin. An IV pinches the back of my

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

Her relief washes over

me questions, one

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out?” I rasp,

disuse.

weeks, Selene whines softly. We were

worried.

asks, way too close to

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

hits me like a punch to the gut. I struggle

Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead me

entire process that leaves

stock. My limbs feel

hanging off it. One of the bags looks like

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

as I waver, dizzy. You’ve

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through a lot.

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

happened to

gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us,

is

I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a reason she has yet to explain, and

not. She’s way too big

Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is natural

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my tongue. Nothing about my life has been

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