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

be no pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come

1. me.

No way.

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in this hazy place.

back. This is not

should be.

feel pain, but it doesn’t kill me. It isn’t enough to kill me.

die, Ava.

Alive.

Alive means death-

enough. Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for

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

Ava.

warm honey in

speak but my throat is

presses into my

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

awake. Relief colors her

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

arm. I want to protest but exhaustion drags me under

name, but

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of a heart

sheets rough against my skin. An IV

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

relief washes over

Lisa are here. They’re asking me questions, one talking over the other. It’s painful to my ears.

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long was I out?” I

disuse.

whines softly.

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way too close to me.

feeling?” Lisa pipes up, from

punch to the

rest their hands on my back to lead

an entire process that leaves

I take stock. My limbs feel stiff,

the bags looks like milk, and that one’s connected to yet another IV line in the elbow of my other arm.

in a hospital gown, blankets pooled around my waist.

as I waver,

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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 on the

to me?”

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

wolf is

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

too big

be afraid, Selene soothes, sensing my

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

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