Tangled

Chapter 237

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237 Ava: Wrung Dry

By the time we exit the training room, Vanessa and Marcus have to hold me up to walk in a straight line. <

It isn't the type of exhaustion where my muscles are sore and stretched and tired after running or doing a thousand squats. It's more like the energy in my body has bled away, leaving me so weak that my muscles can no longer function properly.

When exercising, you can kind of feel good about your exertion. The pain and exhaustion comes with a sense of accomplishment.

This?

It just feels like I'm a wet dish rag wrung out one too many times.

The water's gone, and now I'm going to float away on the next strong breeze.

Ava! Where did you go?

Selene's panic is so explosive in my head that my legs buckle, even with the support of two shifters.

Long story. Training room. Magic place. My body's dead. Training sucks.

Even in my head, I can only speak in short sentences. It feels fuzzy and also like something's slamming into it with a sledgehammer, fueled by the rage of a thousand flying monkeys.

Not sure where the flying monkeys came from, but I'm just going to go with it.

Are you okay? she asks, and the warmth and care from her side of the bond also seems to infuse me with a little bit of extra energy.

a parent who's panicked after they wake up in the middle of the night to see

see you've re-established contact," Magister Orion says, peering at my

jerks up. "What? No. Why

You just looked

that," Vanessa

despite his

having years of experience, I mutter, wishing I had the strength to shove the both of them off

ass. They're way too comfortable making fun

wolves is unique, indeed. If I had the time. I'd love to pick it apart. Especially you, Ava Grey, to have a wolf outside of your

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me under a microscope, Selene says, and I can

must feel uncomfortable with his line of interest, because

her full name? You almost always call her 'Ava Grey, not

of a custom among the Fac. We don't have a first and last name as you humans do, you see. We do have a family name, but it isn't a part of

Marcus help settle me into a chair. With a wave of his hand, Magister

we are used to in our world; for example, their steaks might be from a giant carnivorous beast that they hunt, or an herbivore similar

and-most importantly-have no magic in

and the Fac food. I'm still not certain on the allegiances of people in this city, and I'm hesitant to get

plate with food without being asked, and I give her a smile when she catches my eye.

Orion is

realizes how

my question. "Your identity is not defined by your family. Even when one is disowned, they remain true to their own

no way he's talking about my family dynamics, but I still feel like I've been put on display

question

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