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 brought in… she
this.”
of jewelry out of
eyes were a little unfocused from staring at the maps, so I wasn‘t sure I was
a moment of staring, I was certain I was seeing
recognize that
like a ghost, haunting me
but I also didn‘t want to. I was afraid
at Talon, I managed
he get it?”
couldn‘t see it anymore, but then, it was for the best–for now. “He got it in Avondale from another trader. I want to show you first and see
began to pound in my chest as a thousand questions flooded my
get there? Was it possible that she was
gone,
thinking,” Talon said, his voice calm. “Ethan.. we found evidence that Rosalie is remember?”
It was stupid of me to think there was
there were a million other explanations for how the
bought it for you. She thought you would want it. I wasn‘t sure. I didn‘t know if having it around would… keep you from
were two words I couldn‘t wrap
to have the necklace, though. I‘d carried Rosalie‘s letter around in my pocket for
Talon dropped the necklace in my
necklace touched my skin, I felt a chill run down
Something she‘d worn around her neck. Something she‘d kept close to her heart. Something she‘d had
put it in my pocket. “Thanks, Talon. You can go.” I dismissed him with a
go right away, though. He just
looked up
“I just.. are you all right? I mean, I know that you have a lot of work, and there‘s the stress of
first time I‘d had this conversation with
gave him another dismissive wave. He seemed to be a bit shocked at my comments. It had
Talon finally left.
and remembered how beautiful Rosalie had looked when she‘d had it on. Her eyes had twinkled, and
of my
also been one of my last memories of
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