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

pain, Ava. Just wake up. Come back

1. me.

No way.

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here, in this

back. This is not

should be.

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

won’t die, Ava. You’re alive.

Alive.

Alive means death-

Stop feeling sorry

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my lids. Everything is blurry, shapes

Ava.

Her voice is warm

to speak but my throat is parched,

my

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She’s there, silver fur shining, blue eyes bright

colors her tone.

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

nuzzles into my arm. I want to protest but exhaustion

but I’m

***

beep of a heart

sheets rough against my skin. An IV

The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A

back. Her relief washes

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

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long was I out?” I rasp, my

disuse.

whines softly. We were

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way too close to

you feeling?” Lisa pipes up, from my

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

bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead me up until I’m

process that leaves

stock. My limbs

A needle pinches my hand, connected to an IV pole with a few bags hanging off it. One of the bags looks like milk, and that one’s connected to yet another IV line in the

my waist. My hair is lank and greasy against my neck.

I waver, dizzy. You’ve

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through a lot.

trying to piece together how I ended up here. Training with Jericho and Lisa. Collapsing on the couch. Then… nothing. A

to

us, a feeling of comfort, and the urge to press my cheek into his hand,

your wolf is trying to emerge. Do

with trepidation. I flick a glance toward my wolf, disguised as a husky for a

too

Selene soothes, sensing my

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tongue. Nothing about my life has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you going to be a part

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