Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

Chapter 136 The fear of abandonment

They managed to slip back to their room without getting caught. His guards must not have heard them like she first thought-or perhaps they did and they were avoiding them. For that she was more than grateful. The last thing she needed was to be embarrassed to be around his guards.

The next morning, Doris woke to an empty bed. She pulled herself up and bundled in several layers of warm clothes before she ventured out of their room. It was eerie how quiet the house was, she bet the entire village was exactly the same-one big ghost town.

“There she is.” Enzo leaned against the doorframe to his room. He looked as if he had been dragged through hell. Did she look that terrible when she woke up? And William still wanted to sleep with her?

expected it to be.

“Much better, though I did have some rather nasty dreams.” He frowned. “I think my village burned down and I could only watch.”

“Oh my-that’s terrible.” Doris pressed her lips together and gazed down the hall. “Is anyone else up?”

“You’re the first person I’ve seen today. I was starting to think you all left me.” Enzo pulled on a sweater and went to open another bedroom door without knocking. Doris parted her lips to object, but the room was empty.

“That’s… strange.” Doris went to the next room and did the same. Empty. All the rooms were empty. “Where could they be? The villagers should still be sleeping.”

Enzo gave her a confused glance. “Did they take the same thing we did?”

“Yes. William and I handed them out last night, they should be asleep for a day or so more.” Doris brushed past him and hurried down the steps. No one was there, the fire wasn’t even lit. “Where could they be?”

Enzo took his time getting down the stairs. He looked around curiously. “Perhaps they went to check on them.”

“All of them?” Doris pulled on her boots and ventured out into the snow. The fog had lessened and it didn’t seem like the storm had stuck around for long, but it was hard to walk through the fresh inches.

out and helped her search through the cabins. Just as she had thought, they were all sleeping

her own? Doris ran to the stables and saw

seemed to deflate from beside her . “Where have

wanted to sink to the

see why they wouldn’t.” Enzo gripped her arm to hold her up straight. She felt as if her world was falling away from her. “Perhaps they were

village is recovering?” Doris stomped back towards

Maybe he left a note back at the cabin.” Cordelia said gently as if she was trying to tame a bear. Doris growled a

don’t know why he didn’t tell me last night when

that when you wanted him to tell you?” Cordelia purred. Doris

when we were going to bed. Surely he could

abandon you, Doris. Don’t even go there.” Cordelia said quickly. The thoughts already swarmed her mind and started to

they wanted to stay and help. Perhaps

Surely they wouldn’t have wanted to leave their leader, they were only here to protect him

from William. She needed a sign that he had thought about her for one second

Nothing.

in the kitchen. Nothing in the living room either. Enzo lit a fire and collapsed onto one of the couches. He watched

down across from him and stared into

how he would feel to wake up alone without a reason why.” Doris whispered. She tried to block out images of her

doesn’t strike me as the type of man to tell others about what he’s up to much. I would try to be patient.” Enzo said gently. He leaned forward to grip her freezing

away. “What if he just got impatient and went back to the palace without

likely at all. He wouldn’t leave you in a hundred years, my dear. If you

in the couch and closed her eyes. She couldn’t ignore the horrible feeling that he had abandoned them in this random village. Even when half of her knew Enzo was right and he would be back