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 very gentle pull… like a thin thread tugging on me from a great distance, willing me to
that
the end of that thread, I would find someone that I had
meet.
a strange thought,
I didn‘t spend a lot of time
about, anyway? I wasn‘t going to allow my stupid brain to sneak in another nightmare
made my way to the
skin and immediately cleared my mind. That was exactly what I needed
the shower, I was ready to concentrate on my work, when I realized
sitting on
I knew it
switch. I had to control
to the bed was
It was. Madalynn.
was sitting there, wearing a pink robe and a pouty expression on
hardly believe what I was seeing. Yet, here she was… and it was no mystery what she was doing here or
infuriated, but I was also way too tired
h*ll are you
voice,
to come
about you, dear. You haven‘t been eating. You hardly sleep. You keep going over to the cliff, Why don‘t you come here and let
NOT ever come in here again without my permission!” I tried to press down my anger, but she was
her robe off and set it beside her on the bed,
Let me show you how much I care about you. Let me hold
strides, I crossed the room and picked up her robe that I saw on the
at her, covering up her body. “Put that on, and
that Madalynn made was a bit like a
my fiancé! You‘ve been under a lot of stress lately. Why won‘t you let
some of
gritted my teeth, my hands at my sides. “Go to your
she pushed her arms into the silk pink robe and tied it at her waist. “Everyone has been so worried about you, Ethan. Everyone!
do is none
I needed at the moment was for her to get her f*cking a** out of my room before I did something I‘d
walked toward me, her
you, Ethan! Look at me!” She spread her 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
knew what she was getting at, and I didn’t want to hear it.
well–bred, and gifted in any number of ways. You will never have to wonder whether or not there will be some sort of… defect in
child, and it lit a flame deep within
ordered in a strained voice, every muscle in my
don‘t really know her lineage, do you, Ethan? What if she comes from
“Madalynn!”
deal with James or Romero if I hit her and I had zero interest in that. But if she didn‘t stop, I was afraid
enough,” I hissed in a low, pained voice. “Do you understand who you‘re talking
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