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 pain.

Ava. Just

1. me.

No way.

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here, in this hazy place.

to come back.

should be.

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

die, Ava. You’re

Alive.

Alive means death-

up. Stop feeling sorry

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

Ava.

voice is warm honey in

speak but my throat is

nose presses into my palm. The slight weight

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slowly, painfully. She’s there, silver fur shining, blue

colors

swallow dryly, my tongue heavy and thick.

I want to protest but exhaustion drags

but I’m already gone.

***

of a heart monitor. The

my skin. An IV pinches the back

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

back. Her relief washes over me.

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

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I out?” I rasp,

disuse.

softly.

worried.

way too close to me.

pipes up, from my other side.

punch to the gut. I struggle to sit up, my muscles weak and

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

process that

I take stock.

hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one’s connected to

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

cautions as I

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through a lot.

ended up here. Training with Jericho

happened to me?”

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

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 explain, and her ears flick as she licks my face, settling into my lap as though she’s a

She’s way too big

Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This is natural for you

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

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