Chapter 79 He Got The Necklace
**Ethan‘s POV
The maps on my desk were beginning to blur together. Mostly, I was thinking about the war efforts–but sometimes about other matters.
Rosalie. The baby. The letter.
I couldn‘t think about it. I couldn‘t let my mind go there, not at all…
She had made her request of me, and I needed to honor that and live my life the way she wished. Except, how could I be happy without her?
I looked at the maps again, concentrating on the new Xs we‘d drawn for the new attacks, trying to come up with a plan. It was late, and most of the others had long gone to bed.
So I was surprised when there was a knock at my door.
At first, I thought perhaps I had imagined it. I looked up, waiting to see if I heard it again. Instead, the door opened just a bit, and Talon stuck his head in.
We hadn‘t talked much since he‘d told me the truth about Rosalie. I was angry at him, but I knew I really needed to be thinking about my own actions in this entire matter.
I wasn‘t ready for that yet.
“What is it?” | grumbled at him, returning my eyes to the maps, pretending to be so busy, I could hardly spare the time to look up at him at all.
Talon came into the room quietly, moving like he was afraid I had been asleep or still was. He cleared his throat and stood in front of my desk.
I should‘ve caught on right then and there that it was important.
I looked up at him. “What is it?”
Alpha, from time to time, some traders come in from the islands. Even now, with the war going on, that still happens. One of them had some nice jewelry pieces…”
I was confused by what he was saying, but I decided to continue to listen.
“…Vicky decided to take a look at them because she thought she might find a necklace or bracelet or something to cheer up the little girl, Lily, whose mother is still missing…”
I listened to him drone on and on, still wondering what the h*ll any of this had to do with me. “And?” I asked him, finally losing all my patience.
browsing the jewelry one of
this.”
jewelry out of his pocket
the maps, so I wasn‘t sure I was seeing
after a moment of staring, I was certain I
would recognize that piece
hung there in the shadows cast by the dim light from the lamp on my desk like a ghost, haunting me from
to reach out and touch it, but I also didn‘t
managed to ask
he get it?”
I hated that I couldn‘t see it anymore, but then, it was for the best–for now. “He
I repeated. My heart began to pound in my chest as a thousand questions flooded
did it get there? Was it possible that
gone,
you’re thinking,” Talon said, his voice calm. “Ethan.. we found evidence that Rosalie is remember?”
nodded. Of course, he was right. It was stupid of me to think there was a chance that the young
explanations
I wasn‘t sure. I didn‘t know if having it
words I
have the necklace, though. I‘d carried Rosalie‘s letter around in my pocket
Talon dropped the necklace
my skin, I felt a chill run down my
she‘d touched. Something she‘d worn around her neck. Something she‘d kept close
“Thanks, Talon. You can go.” I dismissed him with a wave of
though. He
I looked up at him.
I mean, I know that you have a lot of work, and
had this
him another dismissive wave. He seemed to be a bit shocked at my comments. It had been a while since I made
Talon finally left.
I took a moment to look at the necklace and remembered how beautiful Rosalie had looked when she‘d had it
had been one of my favorite
it had also been one of my last memories of
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