Tangled

143 Ava: An Unusual Letter

I must have fallen asleep.

I don’t remember falling asleep.

Of course you don’t, Selene says with a long yawn. You

were so exhausted you just passed out

mid–conversation with Lucas. He almost tore a nurse’s

head off for taking too long after he pressed the call

button.

Well, I’m glad I missed that overreaction.

You’re fine. It’s just blood loss. They transfused you overnight. You seem a lot better.

I feel a lot better. I didn’t realize how dizzy I was, how my eyes couldn’t focus, until now. Being back to normal feels nice.

Not normal, but better. Selene stretches, flicking her ears at me. Lucas took me on a walk this morning.

Her disgruntled mental voice makes me laugh. How

was it?

Fine. He told me to go potty.

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I clamp both hands over my mouth, trying my damndest to stifle the hysterical giggles, but the ice–blue eyes staring my way tell me I’ve failed in a most spectacular manner.

Perhaps you should go potty, Selene suggests in a

voice that would have a beautiful home in Antarctica.

“You’re right. I really need to go.” My lips twitch as I shove my blankets off and haul my IV pole with me like a professional hospital patient–which, at this point, it kind of feels like I am.

I do need to pee, though, so I make quick work in the bathroom, grateful for the nurses who were thoughtful enough to bring a disposable toothbrush and

toothpaste. And soap.

I should shower, though. I hate that gross hospital feeling when I wake up here.

You won’t have time. Lucas and Kellan are almost here.

Must be nice to have wolf–nose.

It is.

be nice to rub it

It is

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with minty foam.

stating the

Hah.

quickly fading into the grim reminder that

on why they

water going. They wanted you. What confuses me

Lisa?

But she’s human.

wolf. There’s a good chance there’s something in her bloodline. It might just be

mouth, and I gag at the thought of Lisa becoming a snack for

Ava An

my mouth as

twice more.

Selene’s apology is a little awkward, and I get it; she probably didn’t think about

friend, and I’d rather not think of her getting

stare at me from the bathroom door–a giant affair, really, of a sliding

wheelchairs.

doing anything particularly private,

I make my way back to bed, dragging that damnable

to the side a bit, and

the exertion. Lucas hovers nearby, his brows furrowed with concern. Kellan

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her fur and staring out

peaceful if not

clears his throat, drawing my attention. “Ava, do

her dark hair and glittering red eyes. The woman who unsettled even my mother, notoriously cold and always in control.

you ask?” My voice is barely above

to see you. She

“A letter?”

from an Unregistered city near the Blackwood pack

I had seen it sooner…” His voice trails off as

in frustration. “I’m sorry, Ava. If we had contacted her

this”

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“There’s no guarantee of that, What did she say in her

see you, and saying you were in

shake my head slightly. “My mother brought her in to check me for signs of pregnancy before my mating ceremony with Alpha Renard.”

way he would enjoy being reminded that his fated mate was about to be taken by

texts me every few days. Lucas doesn’t ask, but he knows.

to see

my attention. “It’s possible

distress.”

a vampire here, on the heels of a vampire attack… It doesn’t sound like a great idea.

want to talk to

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