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

Ava. Just wake up. Come back to

1. me.

No way.

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here, in this hazy place.

back. This

should be.

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

won’t die, 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

Ava.

voice is warm honey in my mind,

speak but my throat is parched, voice

presses into my palm. The slight weight of

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hand. I turn my head slowly, painfully. She’s there, silver fur shining, blue

colors her tone.

thick.

Rest now. She nuzzles into my arm. I want to protest but exhaustion

name, but

***

steady beep of a heart monitor. The chemical scent of

An IV

eyelids are heavy but I 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 other. It’s painful to my

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long was I out?” I rasp,

disuse.

Selene whines softly. We were so

worried.

way

pipes up, from my

me like a punch to the gut. I struggle to

and both Lisa and Lucas rest their hands on my back to lead me up until I’m

an entire process that leaves

upright, I take stock. My limbs feel

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

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

Selene cautions as I waver,

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through a lot.

piece together how I ended up here. Training with

to me?”

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

your wolf is trying to emerge. Do you feel any

To be whole. But now, with all the strangeness surrounding my 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 though she’s

She’s way too

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

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

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