Chapter 102 1 love you, Rosalie
**Rosalie‘s POV
A phone was ringing.
It had been ringing for several minutes, and it woke‘me from my sleep.
Theard it from my bedroom, even though I was fast asleep, and even though it sounded like it was coming from far away.
Thinking it was Soren‘s phone, and he would eventually wake up and answer it, I tried to ignore it, but eventually, when he didn‘t, I sat up and rubbed my eyes, deciding I‘d go investigate.
Pushing my feet into my slippers, I put my robe on and headed into the other room.
Soren wasn‘t on the couch. The kitchen clock showed it was already past midnight.
That was weird.
“Soren?” I called, not loud enough for the guards outside to hear and know that there was a problem, but loud enough that he should‘ve been able to hear me if he was in the house.
There was no answer.
“Soren?” I called, a bit louder.
I went and looked in the bathroom, but he wasn‘t there either.
He didn‘t seem to be anywhere.
I decided to follow the sound of the ringing phone, and as I followed it to the study, I noticed that the floor looked odd here.
Strange marks marred the clean floor. They looked like… drag marks.
“What happened?” I whispered.
I got an awful feeling that something bad had occurred, and it was unsettling at the very least.
O
Soren‘s phone was on the top shelf of the closet. I remembered he had been hanging up some clothes for me earlier. He must have accidentally set it up there. I picked it up and looked at the caller ID. 4
It was Thomas calling, and he‘d phoned eight times.
Taking a deep breath, I thought about whether or not I should answer.
If I didn‘t, they‘d come in looking for Soren and realize he wasn‘t here.
My eyes went to the trap door. It was partially open. I knew where Soren had to be. I just didn‘t know why.
Drag marks..
“Hello?” I said, trying to keep my voice from shaking.
Thomas asked, sounding surprised. “Is
But I can tell him to call you as
in the bathroom.”
paused a moment before he said, “Yeah,
the phone and considered what I needed
only had
to go
figured out that I was using that tunnel to visit Ethan, and
didn‘t want to think
I would have guests over
door and headed down the ladder, hoping I could
fast as I could down the tunnel, but it was difficult with me being pregnant and unable to shift. By the time reached the end, I was spent. My lungs were burning, and my legs were
the sounds that greeted me when I emerged spurred me
and growls filled the
Wolves.
Fighting wolves
on until I got to the
washed over me as I tried to decipher what I was looking
assume that the other wolf, the one lying on
“Ethan! Soren!”
to them, hoping to make them stop. I didn‘t want
of
back to me, he raised a hand. “Stay
know that I had been
his wolf breathing heavily. “It‘s all right, Soren,” I told him, coming to stand between Ethan and Soren. “He won‘t hurt
long as I was
back. Call my guards!” Soren pleaded with
okay,” I told Soren. “I know
my attention was on
what‘s going on?!” |
wolf stood there,
told me you didn‘t know him,” I said, trying to piece
took a step backward, his head tipping to the side, as if he wanted to say something,
and you said no, but then, here you are, trying to kill him! And…
could possibly be true, but nothing else could explain what was
to do with the war? And I stupidly
this up just to get to Soren? All of this
threatened to fall down my cheeks.
same man who was willing to kill me moments after I gave birth to his child. Of
had it wrong, but it was the only explanation that
he knew Soren would come here with me, and he knew that the
all, he was here for Soren, not
or was it all a happy coincidence that made it easier for him to get
side to retrieve his
I couldn‘t breathe.
turned to
you won‘t hesitate to do that, you should know that his guards will get you
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