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.

Just wake up. Come back to

1. me.

No way.

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peaceful here, in this hazy place.

have to come back. This

should be.

I’m here, in this serenity of darkness. I feel pain, but it doesn’t

won’t die, Ava. You’re

Alive.

Alive means death-

that’s enough. Wake up. Stop feeling sorry for

***

against my lids.

Ava.

is warm

I try to speak but my throat is parched, voice

nose presses into my

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

awake. Relief colors

thick. “What

I want to protest

my name, but I’m

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gradually. The steady beep of a heart monitor. The chemical scent of disinfectant.

my skin. An IV

eyelids are heavy but I force them open. The ceiling swims into focus–white tiles, fluorescent lights. A

relief washes over me.

one talking over the other. It’s painful to

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was I out?” I

disuse.

Selene whines softly. We

worried.

you okay?” Lucas asks, way too

feeling?” Lisa pipes

news hits me like a punch to the gut. I struggle to sit

helps, bracing her body against mine, and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead

that leaves me exhausted.

stock. My

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 elbow of my other

hospital gown, blankets pooled around my waist. My

Selene cautions as I

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through a lot.

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

to

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.

don’t know for sure. Vanessa thinks your wolf is trying to emerge. Do you feel

heritage, the idea fills me 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

not. She’s way too big

my

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has been natural. Is Vanessa right? Are you going to be a

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