Tangled

Chapter 275

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275 Ava: Visitors

"Ava." D

My head feels like it weighs a million pounds. My ears feel stuffed and woolly. And Kellan's hands. dragging me to my feet are like burning embers pressed against my skin.

"What?"

"You passed out."

Staring at him blankly, it takes a while for my brain to catch up to his words. "Oh. Shit. I guess that's one way to deal with stress; just let your body shut down.

Don't really recommend it.

and Kellan doesn't ask questions about my visit with Lucas, just escorts me back to the cottage a makes sure I'm taken care of. Brings lunch I don't want to eat and promises to check on me in

another hour or two.

Of course, lunch is out of the question. My stomach's too queasy for that. And until Sister Miriam and Selene return, I don't have a great way to get information on what happened to Lucas' wolf. I'm definitely not going to tell people he doesn't have one; the pack needs stability, not another

blow.

I'm not even sure Kellan knows.

I

The thought that Lucas may have trusted me with a little secret buoys my depressed spirits by a

millimeter or two.

can't feel it, there's a part of him wanting

to see

Fuck.

delivered express mail with cash on delivery. Now it's my turn to wait and trust

my skin, hot to turn it pink. It's my second shower in hours, but I can't shake the depression clinging

until my skin is raw and angry red, as if I can wash away

It doesn't work.

in the clothes I was just wearing-they're still clean. -I flop onto

to reset my brain and maybe wake up and find this has all been

I flop from left to right, then from

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275 Ava: Visitors

Instead, there's a constant replay in my mind, of every moment of my encounter with Lucas. The confusion in his eyes. The way he

side. Minutes stretch into what feels

my restless

Vanessa's gentle

I'm on my

instant, practically flying across the

realized how desperately I needed human contact until this moment. The solitude of the past few hours

murmurs, rubbing soothing circles

my eyes. "Sorry, I just...

she asks, "How are you holding

Not great," I admit, my voice barely above a whisper. "How much

dart to the side before meeting mine again. "About Alpha,

holding

Vanessa's gaze

as she says, "I'm so

from her pocket. She scribbles something quickly, then turns it so I can read:

widen. Of course. We're being watched, listened to. There might even be a traitor somewhere. We can't talk about his situation

unnaturally cheerful as she asks, "Did you break down crying out of sheer relief in the hallway?

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