Tangled
Chapter 158
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158 Ava: From the Past
"Ava, is that you?"
The familiar rasp has me frozen, my heart lurching into my throat. Slowly, I turn around, coming face-to-face with a ghost from my
past.
Our neighbor. Margot Mitchell.
Her once vibrant auburn hair is streaked with silver, her face a
roadmap of wrinkles and scars. It's her eyes that haunt me. Piercing green eyes that see everything and do nothing.
"Margot," I greet, my voice tight with caution. "What are you doing
here?"
She limps
toward me, her gait uneven from some injury she incurred long before I was born. I remember asking about it once, and my mother slapped the back of my head, admonishing me for my rudeness. "Oh, Ava. I'm
I tense as she reaches out, half-expecting her to grab me, to drag me back to the hellscape I escaped. But she merely places a hand on my arm, her touch feather-light.
"I'm sorry," she whispers, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. "I'm so sorry for everything. For not intervening when..." She trails off, her gaze flickering to the ground.
The shame she tries to portray leaves me feeling dirty. Unclean from her mere presence.
Memories flash through my mind, unbidden. Margot's face in the
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window, watching as I was taunted and beaten, even by her own son. Listening at the front door as my parents berated me, their voices carrying through the window. Her figure rushing inside. when I tried beggi I was thirteen.
He broke my wrist.
that day. Hours. Until my parents, tired of my whining, finally dragged me to
watching.
me, hot and bitter, fueling my words. "Why are you
Please." She grabs
Ah. She needs something.
No wonder she's here.
anger continues to boil in my veins, even as my stomach churns. There's a tiny part of me, almost miniscule, that was hopeful her apology was genuine. It's dead now, like so many other little parts of "How did you know I was here?" I step back,
"I am hired
Ava From the
many of us are separated now. Taken from our mates. Forced to cut ties with the alpha. Westwood is tearing us apart. They sh "No." My
repeat. "I have no intention of helping you or anyone
into an ugly
her off. Selene stalks into the room, her hackles. raised, teeth bared. She positions herself between Margot and
growl, her eyes flashing amber. For a moment, I think she might actually shift
Margot's demeanor changes instantly. She straightens, smoothing her expression into one of neutral
says, her tone clipped. "We can talk when you've settled in." With that, she turns and flees
go, then turns to me, curiosity etched on her face.
heart. "An old neighbor,"
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by sympathy. She starts to say something, but I don't hear her. I'm already sinking to
softly, nuzzling against me as I tremble, overwhelmed by the unexpected
emotional. The sinking realization that no one, not even
doesn't stop the flood of emotions. Fear, anger, betrayal-they swirl inside
through
heart, slowing down. Meeting her concerned gaze, I give
you need me." She pauses, then adds, "Therapy isn't something to be ashamed of. If you're interested, just talk to me. Everything will
I turn my attention back to Selene, running my fingers through her soft fur. Her presence is a
From the
edges of
you had to face that, she says, her voice a gentle caress in my
me. "Strength? I'm shaking like a
isn't the absence of fear, Ava. It's facing it head-on, even
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