Chapter 104 Can I Trust You, Soren?
**Soren‘s POV
I knew Ethan wouldn‘t kill me with Rosalie standing next to me, and I was considering taking her hostage if needed.
It had all worked as I had planned it. Actually, much better than I had planned.
Although, I could‘ve done without the awful pain radiating throughout my body.
Just as I knew that she would never standby and let him kill me, I also knew that my half–brother, no matter how much he hated me, would never kill me because he was just a coward.
He didn‘t have any problems ripping me to shreds though.
However, I had not expected Rosalie to run out of the tunnel and position herself between me and Ethan. ”
She had fallen for the act I was presenting her with. Except for… looking up into her tear–brimmed eyes right now as she sat next to me on the bed, I suddenly wasn‘t sure whether I was acting at all.
I remembered her tear rolled down her nose and splashed against my cheek earlier. Like the rain refreshes the thirsty ground, I felt renewed, restored. That tear was for me.
However, it bothered me.
I didn‘t want to see her cry, not over me, not over my dastardly half–brother Ethan, not over anyone.
Tonight was a good night. I just didn‘t know what brought me more joy. The pain I caused Ethan or the care Rosalie showed me?
Either way, it didn‘t change my good mood.
‘Confirmed that it was Ethan. Have all of the supplies been moved out?? I connected the mindlink with Thomas.
“Yes, they have. King Kal‘s men should have it by the end of tomorrow,‘ Thomas replied.
The moment I suspected Ethan was here on the island, I figured his target would be both me and the military suppliers, therefore, I had arranged the supplies to be split up and sent out.
‘Let Edgar know that Ethan is not at the frontline right now. This is their best opportunity to attack and push forward.‘
‘Got it. Aren‘t you going with King Kal?‘ Thomas asked.
‘Nope. I have something important to take care of.‘
‘Like what?‘
Why does he have to be such a busybody? I disconnected from mindlink and switched my focus back to Rosalie.
The only thing left for me to do right now was to take care of the crying beauty.
There was no reason for Rosalie to know that all of her trouble‘s from earlier on the island were because of me.
Of course, I had taken care of those robbers. They hurt Rosalie, and they shall never be seen again..
Nor did she need to know that I was aware that Ethan would act exactly how he just had, that I had lured him to fight so that she could make her choice.
But all of that was in the past now. She didn‘t need to know about any of that.
“Ro,” I said, still using the name i‘d been calling her since the day we met. “You put yourself at risk to save me.” || brushed her long hair over her shoulder. “Why would you do such a thing? You could‘ve been killed.”
Her palm smoothed against my face, the scruffiness of my five o‘clock shadow not deterring her.
She shook her head, “I couldn‘t just stand there and watch Ethan kill you.”
“But.. he‘s the one you were running away from, isn‘t he?” I asked, as if this was a new revelation to me.
“He is the one that I was running from,” she admitted. “Never mind that right now. You‘re injured. We need to concentrate on making sure that you get everything that you need.”
“It‘s okay,” I said. “I‘m better now.”
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“No!” Rosalie protested. “You‘re not well enough for that.” She looked to Seraphine for confirmation, who had just returned from seeing the doctor out.
“He should be all right now that all of his wounds are bandaged. While there was a lot of blood, it‘s true, the wounds were not that serious.” Seraphine paused to think for a moment before looking at Rosalie. “Of course, if you hadn‘t intervened when you did, this would all be a different story. You‘re very brave.”
Rosalie took a deep breath and let out a gentle sigh. “I just did what I felt I had to do.”
I pulled her to my shoulder and stroked her hair. “It‘s all right, Ro,” I told her. “I know he hurt you again, but you‘re okay now. You‘re safe. You‘re with your friends.”
Regardless of what she thought of me right now, I didn‘t want to let her go.
I wanted to keep my arms around her, not in the same manner as my dream the other night, but I just wanted to hold her, to comfort her.
My grip around her strengthened.
A pretty woman like her shouldn‘t be hurt by my b*stard brother. How dare he use her the way that he had? How dare he use her as a tool to gain a child and then plan to dispose of her?
‘Yes, sir,‘ the responses came back.
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Really oh fn....off another weak heroine roll, her pack hated her, she was abused, why would she do this .... pfghhj off at another cliche novel. .... Nope...