Chapter 59 Shut the F*ck Up, Madalynn!
**Ethan‘s POV
Thad two hours before I met with Talon later tonight. Walking into the bedroom I sank down on the bed, falling backward and staring up at the ceiling, willing my mind to go blank.
During the day, it was easy enough. There was plenty to do, especially with the conflicts heating up along the border. I could focus my rage on the enemy.
But now..
It had been more than three days. Despite all of my men‘s efforts, we had found no trace of Rosalie‘s body, not even a scrap of fabric.
The river rushed through the rocks there, and the cliffs were jagged and full of crags. There were a thousand places for evidence to hide.
The sun was setting and it was getting dark, but I didn‘t bother to turn on the light.
All of a sudden, I seemed to hear a sound from the living area.
I got up to check it out, but froze as soon as I entered the room.
In the dark sat a figure that I thought I would never see again. Someone I could not help but recognize instantly, no matter where, no matter when.
Her sweet scent surrounded me, and she was looking out at the window.
I felt as if my heart had stopped beating. Before I knew it, I was standing behind her.
“Rosalie?” I whispered hoarsely. “You… you‘re back!”
My heart swelled with overwhelming joy and relief as I reached for her hand.
But there was nothing for me to grab.
“Ethan…”
She turned around to face me. Her voice was sweet and gentle as usual, but her face was as pale as paper.
“I‘m here to say goodbye…”
“What do you mean?” I started to panic, my heart pounding in my ears. “No, not again! Rosalie, come back!”
Suddenly, I couldn‘t see her. A roar ripped its way out of my chest. “NO–”
I snapped awake, panting heavily.
D*mn it!! How had I fallen asleep?!
My heart was still racing, and I closed my eyes, trying to slow it down.
At that moment, I felt something.
a thin thread tugging on me from a great distance, willing me to go
and telling me that I was needed
that thread, I would find someone that I had never met before– someone I was meant
meet.
a strange
didn‘t spend a lot of
was there to think about, anyway? I wasn‘t going to allow my stupid brain to sneak in another nightmare
made my way to
on my skin and immediately cleared my mind. That was exactly what
shower, I was ready to concentrate on my work, when
was sitting on
knew it was impossible, but what if…she
hovered over the light switch. I had to control
next to the bed
It was. Madalynn.
was sitting there, wearing a pink robe and a pouty expression on
what I was seeing. Yet, here she was… and it was no mystery what she was doing here or
I was also way too
h*ll are you
voice, she said, “Waiting for
gave you permission to come into my room?” I
haven‘t been eating. You hardly sleep. You keep going over to the cliff, Why don‘t you come here and let me take care of you?” She crooked her finger at
in here again without my
took her robe off and set it beside her on the bed, revealing a matching,
care about you. Let
four long strides, I crossed the room and picked up her robe that I
it at her, covering up her body. “Put
that Madalynn made was a bit like a
under
relieve some of
teeth, my hands at my sides. “Go to your own room.
at her waist. “Everyone has been so worried about
not do
get her f*cking
walked toward
arms wide, as if putting her body on display again, although this time it was mostly covered by the robe. “I am a beautiful woman, and one of noble birth. I have perfect genes, high standing, and am more than acceptable to a man of your
what she was getting at, and I didn’t want to hear
well–bred, and gifted in any number of ways. You will never
insulting my deceased child, and it
voice, every muscle in my
breeder – who knows what you would get? After all, you don‘t really know her lineage, do you,
“Madalynn!”
her, but stopped. I would have to deal with James or Romero if I hit her and I had zero interest in that. But if she didn‘t stop, I was
a low, pained voice. “Do you
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