Tangled

Chapter 141

141 Ava: Determined to Find Her

141 Ava: Determined to Find Her

Lucas enters like a tornado, the doors slamming a gale–force breeze into my room.

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His hair is a mess, his amber eyes focused on me as he looks me over, categorizing every detail of my

appearance. O. e IV in my arm–again, the hospital gown, the bed. All of it.

I must pass muster, because about halfway through the room, his steps slow and his shoulders relax. “Ava.”

“Lucas.”

I hold my hands out when it’s clear he isn’t sure how to greet me, after our last parting.

He gives Selene a dark stare before sitting next to my legs and grabbing my hands, leaning forward to kiss my forehead. “Are you okay?”

It’s funny–aside from feeling upset with myself and worried over Lisa, I hadn’t processed any other

emotions about the invasion.

Now, with him here, tears fill my eyes and my

shoulders shake as I remember the fear. How I was

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141 Ava: Determined to Find Her

positive I’d die by vampire. How gutted I feel with Lisa

gone.

The death of Teddy.

Of Bren.

of the

All of it.

me close, holding me

don’t really hear.

a gentle caress of my mind. I can feel her slipping away,

cry more. I’m not even sure if it’s just today, or if it’s all the years

and nothing in particular, every wound my soul has

and relief,

I cry.

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And cry.

And cry.

ear and running his hands over my hair, assuring me he’ll do everything

find Lisa.

ì.

he is, how he should have kept me safer.

for being gone, for allowing such

is his fault

so, he takes it

blink. My head pounds with the furious rhythm of dehydration. My throat is shredded from—and I cringe to remember this–my wails,

likes to watch.

at some point and hooked up a bag of

Lucas asks after a

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as I rest against him.

but otherwise, I don’t move. I’m limp against him, too worn out

forehead and I sigh, cuddling a

still stroking my hair gently. “If Jericho thinks you’re ready, I will allow it.”

me, and that

ready, Ava. But I

you need to be ready,

chest, I murmur, “I get it. Thank

life just to

I’ll be ready.

I have to endure more training to get the permission I need. I’ll do it. I’ll do anything, if

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I can bring Lisa home.

I have no idea what I’m

forlorn against my hair. We sit like this for a while, his cheek resting on the top of my

stretches, but it’s not uncomfortable. It’s a moment of respite. A pause in

murmur that rumbles through his chest and into my bones. “The death toll is fifteen, with twenty more

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