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.
Vicky was browsing the jewelry one of the traders had
this.”
of
eyes were a little unfocused from staring at the maps, so I wasn‘t sure I
a moment of staring, I was
recognize that piece
there in the shadows cast by the dim light from the lamp on my desk like a ghost, haunting me from beyond the grave, the gemstones catching the
desk in front of me. I wanted to reach out and touch it, but I also didn‘t want to. I
managed to ask
he get it?”
I couldn‘t see it anymore, but then, it was for the
in my chest as a thousand
Was it possible that she was
gone,
voice calm. “Ethan.. we found
he was right. It was stupid of me to think there was a chance that the young
million other explanations for how the necklace could‘ve
I wasn‘t sure. I didn‘t know if having it around would… keep
words I couldn‘t wrap my
to have the necklace, though. I‘d carried Rosalie‘s letter around in my pocket for so long without even opening it, why wouldn‘t I want
and Talon dropped
I felt a chill run
was her necklace, something she‘d touched. Something she‘d worn around her neck. Something she‘d kept close to her heart. Something she‘d
Talon. You can go.” I dismissed him with
away, though. He just stood
looked up at him.
all right? I mean, I know that you have a lot of work, and there‘s the stress of
had
bit shocked at my comments. It
Talon finally left.
took a moment to look at the necklace and remembered how beautiful
had been one of my favorite
one of
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