Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne novel Chapter 136

Chapter 136 The fear of abandonment

They managed to slip back to their room without getting caught. His guards must not have heard them like she first thought-or perhaps they did and they were avoiding them. For that she was more than grateful. The last thing she needed was to be embarrassed to be around his guards.

The next morning, Doris woke to an empty bed. She pulled herself up and bundled in several layers of warm clothes before she ventured out of their room. It was eerie how quiet the house was, she bet the entire village was exactly the same-one big ghost town.

“There she is.” Enzo leaned against the doorframe to his room. He looked as if he had been dragged through hell. Did she look that terrible when she woke up? And William still wanted to sleep with her?

expected it to be.

“Much better, though I did have some rather nasty dreams.” He frowned. “I think my village burned down and I could only watch.”

“Oh my-that’s terrible.” Doris pressed her lips together and gazed down the hall. “Is anyone else up?”

“You’re the first person I’ve seen today. I was starting to think you all left me.” Enzo pulled on a sweater and went to open another bedroom door without knocking. Doris parted her lips to object, but the room was empty.

“That’s… strange.” Doris went to the next room and did the same. Empty. All the rooms were empty. “Where could they be? The villagers should still be sleeping.”

Enzo gave her a confused glance. “Did they take the same thing we did?”

“Yes. William and I handed them out last night, they should be asleep for a day or so more.” Doris brushed past him and hurried down the steps. No one was there, the fire wasn’t even lit. “Where could they be?”

Enzo took his time getting down the stairs. He looked around curiously. “Perhaps they went to check on them.”

“All of them?” Doris pulled on her boots and ventured out into the snow. The fog had lessened and it didn’t seem like the storm had stuck around for long, but it was hard to walk through the fresh inches.

Enzo reluctantly followed her out and helped her search through the cabins. Just as she had thought, they were all sleeping and not one person was awake in any of the buildings. Her chest started to feel strange.

Did she remember William’s bag being in their room? Or was it only her own? Doris ran to the stables and saw all of the horses they had brought, were gone.

Enzo jogged up to meet her. Once his panting slowed, he seemed to deflate from beside her . “Where have they gone? Those assholes even took my horse.”

Doris felt a hollowness enter her chest, she wanted to sink to the floor and disappear. “Do you think they’re coming back?”

“I don’t see why they wouldn’t.” Enzo gripped her arm to hold her up straight. She felt as if her world was falling away from her. “Perhaps they were to get something.”

“They all needed to go? What would they be getting if the entire village is recovering?” Doris stomped back towards the cabin. Her hands closed into fists at her sides.

“Calm down. Maybe he left a note back at the cabin.” Cordelia said gently as if she was trying to tame a bear. Doris growled a little.

“He better have. I don’t know why he didn’t tell me last night when we were—“

“When you were screaming beneath him? Is that when you wanted him to tell you?” Cordelia purred. Doris wished she could smack her.

“No, when we were going to bed. Surely he could have mentioned that he was leaving… unless-”

“He didn’t abandon you, Doris. Don’t even go there.” Cordelia said quickly. The thoughts already swarmed her mind and started to make her panic.

Nothing in their room or in the kitchen. Nothing in the living room either. Enzo lit a fire and collapsed onto one of the couches. He watched her with steady eyes and she wasn’t sure why it only made her more mad.

“Would you like me to join you?” Enzo asked, but his eyes were already closed as he defrosted near the fire. Doris laughed a little.