When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 19

Ashton P

POV

Leaving my office with Hunt and Sawyer, my thoughts are fully consumed by Rose. The urgency to check up on her intensifies with each step that I take leading back up the staircase.

My heart races, my concern growing as I replay images of her sweet her face in my mind. The situation is delicate; I need to ensure she’s alright.

As I approach my room where I had left Rose, my strides quicken slightly. I was gone fo

for longer than I had anticipated, but I’m sure she won’t mind….

I turn the handle, and when I open the door, the sight before me strikes me like a blow to the chest.

Rose lies on the bed, her body drenched in sweat, and her breathing laboured. She’s crying out and whimpering, her fingers clawing at her skin as if trying to escape some invisible itchy torment.

This is much worse than 1 had anticipated…

ther alone… her body is practically screaming out for

I should have fucking known this would happen! Of course the damn heat would worsen if I left h my attention to help take the pain away!

Im a fucking fool!

“Fuck, Rose!” I yell out, rushing to her side instantly, as she blinks up at me profusely noticing my presence.

Her watery eyes meet mine, before she slams them shut again as another wave of pain crashes through her… seeming to rip her apart from the inside

BUL.

My heart aches at the sight of her suffering, causing me to instantly scoop the small female up in to my arms, her body trembling against mine.

“Hey, Rose, listen to me, it’s going to be alright, I’m here now, I’ve got you!” I murmur sweet nothings, my voice a soothing whisper as I move across the room with her.

She seems to respond to the sound of my voice, her tight grip on my arms relaxing ever so slightly. But her agony is far from over. Her skin is hot to the touch, and her cries continue as she struggles to find relief from the itchiness that now plagues her.

do whatever it takes to help her. I was warned things would be much worse this time around, since we weren’t destined to be,

bathroom, setting her down on the cold tiles

stroke her cheek slowly with the back of my hand, and the moment 1 touch her, I feel her tremors lessen slightly, as if my touch alone was now providing some form

you through this ok?” I assure her, my eyes locked onto

hurts so, so much. Please help me.” She whimpers, causing my chest

to ease the pain,

takes to ease her suffering until she gives me the proper go ahead…I

cold water and begin filling the tub with the icy cool liquid. In the

get in, as I sigh in relief –

to work.

just going to put you in with your clothes on ok? It’s only a shirt and shorts, it doesn’t matter if they get wet 1 inform her, finding no use in trying

my hand under her head, before hooking my other under her legs

Chapter 19

meets the water, her clothing soaking up the liquid instantly, as she gasps and pants,

out a long sigh of relief once her body is fully submerged, using this time to steady her breathing. “It’s helping… she manages to say,

camp strands of hair from her forehead. “I won’t let you go through this alone Rose, but we don’t have much time before we need to put

under the water for a few seconds, before resurfacing. She then lets out a shaky sigh of content, as her body

I knew, that this was only a temporary fix. I know that the ultimate solution lies in completing the mating process and so does she. It’s the

to understand. The only way to completely ease your pain here is for us to complete the mating process. I know it’s not ideal timing, but it’s the truth. I won’t force you into anything, but I want you to know that

through her long lashes as her eyes fill with a mixture of both fear and what seems like longing. “Ashton, .. I don’t want to go through that again.

emotion courses through me–relief, gratitude, and an overwhelming desire to fully make her mine. I was thankful that another male

at a time. Are you sure you’re ready? 1 ponder, tracing a finger up and down her

for comfort.

think I’m ready… but could you give me ten? Just to uhh… freshen up a little? I feel really disgusting and sweaty after all of that…

reassuring smile. “Take all

behind me. My heart was pounding in

and the journey we were about to embark upon.

never envisioned myself with another female after Vanessa… yet here I was… and

sauntered into my life, but I still felt a great sadness to think that I had missed

also a genuine and pure soul. Perhaps, due to the pair of them sharing

was just

Rose’s soft call spill out from behind the bathroom door. “Ashton? I’m done…could you um… bring me in

her light hair now tied back in a loose braid – keeping it out of her

ry fills my