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.

Lucas gathers me close, holding me against his chest with

don’t really hear.

it out, Selene says in a gentle caress of my mind. I can feel her slipping away, probably to curl up on

it’s just today, or if

every wound my

relief, endurance and

I cry.

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And cry.

And cry.

Lucas rocks me against him, whispering soft nothings in my ear and running his hands over my hair, assuring me he’ll

find Lisa.

ì.

me i v sorry he is, how he should have

gone, for

this is his fault to bear.

he takes

My throat is shredded from—and I cringe to remember this–my wails, as if I were a grief–stricken heroine on some

to watch.

nurse came in at some point and hooked up a bag of fluids at Lucas‘ quiet

asks

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rest against

against his shoulder, but otherwise, I don’t move. I’m limp against him,

my forehead and I sigh, cuddling a little closer. “I

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

or arguing with me, and that lifts my

you’re ready, Ava. But I won’t stop you

need to be ready, Selene

it.

Lisa’s life just to

I’ll be ready.

have to endure more training to get the permission I need. I’ll do

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bring

have no idea what I’m going to tell her parents.

his cheek resting on the top of my head, his

It’s a moment of respite. A pause in

and into my bones. “The death toll is fifteen, with twenty more in

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