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

no pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come back

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this hazy place.

back. This is not where

should be.

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

won’t die, Ava. You’re alive.

Alive.

Alive means death-

feeling sorry for yourself. You never died.

***

eyes crack open. They feel like sandpaper scraping against my lids.

Ava.

warm

Grounding. I try to speak but my throat is parched, voice a ragged

nose presses into my palm. The slight weight

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

Relief colors

swallow dryly, my tongue heavy and thick. “What happened?” The

arm. I want to protest but exhaustion drags me under

but I’m already

***

returns gradually. The steady beep of a heart

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

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

Her relief

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

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I out?” I

disuse.

softly. We

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way too

pipes

news hits me like a punch to the gut. I struggle to sit up, my muscles weak and

against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their

that leaves me exhausted.

take stock. My limbs feel

One of the bags looks like milk, and that

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

cautions as I waver, dizzy.

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through a lot.

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

to

reaches for my face, his fingers hesitant and gentle against my skin. Warmth flows between us, a feeling of comfort, and the urge to press my cheek into his

is trying

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

way too big for that.

afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is

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about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you

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