Page 87 of Ava: Part One

“He needs my help,” she whispered.

It was her fault he was there. If she hadn’t gone there in the first place...

“You can’t even walk. How are you going to help him?”

She remembered the wolves in the room. How had she even forgotten about them? Their auras were strong and pressing into her. Something was definitely wrong. She had completely forgotten about them when she looked away from them.

“He’s stuck in the forest... The monsters...”

How was he going to fight them? She hadn’t been able to help herself; her years of training had been worth nothing in the forest.

She looked away from the wolves in front of her again as she looked out the windows. It was dark outside, and she was sure there had been half a moon out. But now it was just the darkness. As if it were coming into this room, pouring through the cracks.

“Hey!”

Startled, she sucked in a breath and turned around quickly, her eyes widening when she saw the two wolves. What the fuck was happening? She had forgotten about them again.

“Did you hear us?”

She shook her head. All she could hear now was the pounding of her heart.

“You need to shower and eat and then go back to sleep. You still need to recover.”

Sleep? Now? Her gaze drifted back to the window. The darkness was starting to cover the floor now. She stepped back but fell onto her butt when her legs didn’t work properly. An inky black substance was dripping around the window frame and the walls.

“Hey!”

Startled again, she looked back and saw two wolves.

This was wrong. Something was happening. Maybe she was still in her nightmare. Perhaps she would wake up and find Ezekiel next to her again.

The wolves spoke to each other, and one of them rushed out of the room.

“You need to rest. You’re not okay,” one of them said.

“Ezekiel... I have to save him.”

She didn’t know why she even said that. Ezekiel was an Alpha, and he could handle the forest better than she could.

The wolf in front of her frowned and then walked forward and gently grasped her hands.

“Zeke is fine. He’ll be back soon,” the wolf said as he led her back to the bed.

But she knew that wasn’t true. Something was very wrong.

Another wolf walked in, and she remembered he had been there before. He had a bag in his hand, which he placed on a table and ruffled through. The next thing she knew, he was approaching her with a needle in his hand.

“Something is wrong,” she told them, her heart still hammering.

But she felt the sting in her arm, and her vision started to fade.

“No... I need to get out. He needs me...”

And then there was nothing but darkness again.

Chapter 62

Ava stretched as she slowly opened her eyes. She felt like death warmed over, and her whole body ached as if she had been in a fight. And she desperately needed a shower and to brush her teeth.

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