Chapter 194 The Brothers Reconciled  

**Ethan’s POV 

“Soren? Where am I…?” 

“Hey, brother. You’re awake!” Soren grinned down at me, and I blinked a few times, trying to figure out where the hell I was. 

I thought I should be dead, but since I wasn’t, I should at least be at the palace in one of the bedrooms. 

But no, I was in some kind of a cave, it looked like. Something strange must’ve happened while I was unconscious. 

If I was awake, did it mean thatRosalie wasn’t saved after all? 

*Rosalie!” 1 grabbed Soren’s arm and shouted, “Where’s Rosalie? What happened to her!” 

“She’s fine! She’s alive, out and about!” Soren raised his voice and gave me a bottle of water. “Chill down, man.” 

I took a couple sips of water, and breathed in deep a few times. 

Once I felt my heartbeat was back to its normal rhythm, I asked for confirmation, “You said… she is still alive?” 

“Yes, still alive, powerful and beautiful as before. I wouldn’t lie to you on this, I promise.” 

I finally felt I could breathe freely. Then I asked, “Then where am I? What happened?” I tried to sit up but failed and fell back on the mat I was lying on. 

“You’re in a cave,” Soren gave the obvious answer and explained, “Long story short, we found out there were some spies in the palace, so we had to move you. But it’s all being handled.” He tried to smile reassuringly, but I could see through it. 

“Where are Rosalie and Rowan?” I asked him. 

“Rowan is with Seraphine and Vicky when Rosalie is working… being queen and all that,” he said, still trying to be nonchalant. “And Rosalie went to help Georgia and Talon.” 

He had my attention now. My brain was trying to catch up. That last part sounded dangerous. “Help them how? What’s wrong with them?” 

Soren sighed. “It’s kind of complicated, but essentially, we went on a journey to retrieve some sort of flower called the Nightmare Lotus, or.. oh, Midnight Lily! It was supposed to save your life, which I guess it did. Anyway, we were attacked while we were there, and Georgia and Talon stayed behind with a few others to fight while Rosalie and I escaped back here to get you the flower.” 

“Midnight Lily?” I repeated, and he nodded. I vaguely remember some legendary flower called Moonlight Lily, but I’d never heard of Midnight Lily before. 

But that wasn’t important right now…! 

“Why the f*ck did you let Georgia go?! She can’t even shift yet!” I scolded him. 

“Yeah, like any of us could stop her. Be realistic, okay, brother?” He rolled his eyes. “I’m as worried as you, but does it help? Now, the good thing is that it’s quite hazardous to get there and it makes it impossible to bring in large troops. So hopefully, Talon and Georgia were able to fight Madalynn’s group off. Rosalie should be there within a day.” 

I frowned. “I need to go too!” Once again, I tried to push up off of the bed, but my head was swimming, and I fell backward. 

Soren chuckled, sol glared at him, “Always gotta be the hero, huh, brother?” he asked. 

“I do what I think needs to be done.” I glanced at him. 

“C’mon, do you have to be this serious all the time?

else what? Smile like a clown all day long?”

then he rolled his eyes again. “Fine, fine. Do you,

have the strength to stand up, so I had to make peace with the fact that I really wasn’t ready to leave the

gotta trust people around you. Georgia and Rosalie, they are capable of protecting themselves. If you have the time and energy to worry

a point.

sure I didn’t die, and

she’d done for me made my heart yearn to see

then.–I had lied and said awful words to her again. Whatever my intention was at that time, I was beginning to regret it. Those words would complicate matters between us. She might not want to

did she leave?” I asked him.”

just missed her.”

left anyway? Did that mean she didn’t want to see

sighed. “Did

have something to

the ground, waggling left and right. He nodded with a smile. “Yes,

what she said, but Soren just had this mysterious smile on his face that made me want

You asked me

could he still be so childish?

and gritted my teeth. “…What did she

He seemed to be greatly entertained. “She said

That was it? 

to think, but

It’s what she said. Why don’t you just talk to her when she’s back?” Soren shrugged.

avoid me just now, would she try to avoid

I say to her?

it. Soren was right; I needed to figure out a way to regain my

to get up, and this time, with Soren’s help, I was successful. The world was still a little topsy turvy, but I could feel myself

are you going?” Soren asked me.

just want to walk around a bit, try to get my bearings,”

me as I wandered around

“I thought your whole plan with Behar and Madalynn

I retorted, “Have I

don’t just walk away like that; you’re gonna fall!” Soren caught up to me and continued, “It was stupid on the surface. But then when I realized why you did all that, well, it turns out you were right. It worked.”

my gaze, but I really didn’t get where he

throat, “Well, um, anyway, I just wanna say I’m beginning to realize I’ve been wrong about you all along, man. And I’m sorrylneversawthesituationfromyourperspectivebefore (sorry I never saw the

second half of the sentence so fast that it took me a few

I

saw… Then he got it and protested loudly, “Hey, not nice at all! You heard me the first time!

right b*stard,”

was speechless and rolled his eyes. I straightened my face and said to him, “Hey.

that he

wanted to say, “For keeping me alive from Behar and helping Rosalie.”

tongue seemed to get stuck and the cave

his reply, “Don’t mention it. I didn’t

It had been too long since he and I

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