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 back

1. me.

No way.

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here, in this hazy place.

you have to come back. This is not where

should be.

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

Ava. You’re alive.

Alive.

Alive means death-

Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You never died.

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

Ava.

voice is warm

Grounding. I try to speak but my throat

my palm. The slight

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slowly, painfully. She’s there,

colors her tone.

and thick. “What happened?” The words scrape

want

but I’m already gone.

***

gradually. The steady beep of a heart monitor. The

An IV pinches the back

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

back. Her relief

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

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I rasp, my throat raw from

disuse.

Selene whines softly.

worried.

way too

Lisa pipes up, from

hits me like a punch to the gut.

bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my

that leaves me

take stock. My

an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one’s connected

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

I waver,

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through a lot.

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

to

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

thinks your wolf is trying to emerge. Do you feel any

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

be afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my unease. This

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Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are

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