Chapter 65: I Miss You
**Lilly‘s POV
“It‘s all right, honey,” my mother said, smoothing my hair. “We‘ll be alright. Just stay quiet for a bit longer, and then the wolves upstairs will go, and we‘ll be safe.”
I looked up at my mother and nodded, but wasn‘t sure I believed her. We had run down here, my older brother, my mother, and I, about an hour ago, when we‘d first gotten word from the village guard that there were unknown wolves spotted in the woods near our homes. Some of the other villages nearby had been attacked recently, so we‘d been on high alert. None of us had slept for the last few nights.
We‘d heard that there were more warriors on the way to protect us, but so far, we hadn‘t seen any.
Upstairs, the floor creaked, and some glass broke. I held my breath, terrified.
I thought about all of my friends from school. Would I even be there tomorrow? We were supposed to have our seventh–grade assessments.
It should‘ve been the last thing on my mind.
“We should shift, Mom. Me and you need to be in our wolf forms,” whispered my older brother, Blake, who was twenty–two. “We need to be ready to run!”
My mother hesitated, but I wasn‘t sure why. Then, when we heard the weight of paws closer to the door that led downstairs, she nodded.
But before she shifted herself, she carefully lifted the cover to the vent next to us. It was our only chance of getting out undetected.
She had an emergency bag she could scoop up and put on her back as a wolf.
We could only hope that our father, who had volunteered to help with the village guard, would be okay, and we could meet up with him again somewhere down the line.
“You run south, as fast as you can,” my mother instructed my brother. “Put Lily on your back, and do not look back. For anything,” she told both of us, looking us each in the eye.
We both nodded. I knew that she‘d be able to talk to Blake using the mind–link once he shifted, but it wasn‘t the
same.
As quietly as he could, Blake shifted into his wolf form. I was surprised when I saw my mom gesture for me to pick up the backpack. I did as I was told, and Blake went first through the vent to the tunnel that led out of the basement. My mom nudged me to go next just as we heard more breaking glass and the sound of the door at the top of the stairs.
Using the mind–link, my mom shouted, “Run! Run kids, run!”
Blake and I ran through the tunnel. I kept my eyes on his tail. There was no room for me to get on his back down here. He came out of the forest ahead of me. He stopped as soon as we got out, and I climbed on top of him. I kept my eyes trained on the forest ahead of us, my big brother running as fast as he could as the sounds of shouting and howling filled our ears. I remembered what my mom said, and I didn‘t look back. But I wanted to.
Because I didn‘t hear her behind us.
“I miss you.”
“Oh, how I miss you, too,” I said, running my hand along Rosalie‘s soft cheek. “I miss you so much.
We were lying in bed, and she was in my arms, her head on my bicep, her eyes dancing as she smiled up at me.
“I wish this was real, and we were together again.” Her voice was so soft and sultry. It was just a whisper in the wind.
And that‘s how I knew it wasn‘t real.
These dreams – or rather, nightmares – always started the same way. I knew that in a few moments, she wouldn‘ t be lying here anymore, lovingly gazing at my face anymore.
No, in a moment, she‘d be screaming.
She‘d be falling.
The ironic thing is, when she fell, she didn‘t scream at all. I never heard a sound from her.
Maybe if she had screamed, if she‘d called me a b*stard, if she‘d let out some sort of wail of anguish, this would‘ ve all been easier.
“You want me to stay, don‘t you?” she asked, pushing up so that she was hovering near my lips.
I didn‘t answer her. I never answered her.
If I did… maybe she wouldn‘t go away.
But I couldn‘t. It was as if my tongue no longer worked.
“Ethan? Don‘t you love me?” Rosalie‘s eyebrows furrowed, and she stared at me more intently for a moment until we were no longer on the bed.
We were on the cliffside. And I was too far away from her.
I couldn‘t reach her.
“Don‘t you want me?” she asked. “Don‘t you love me?”
Still, I could not answer, and then, just like always, her arms came out. She reached for me, but I couldn‘t reach her. Then her mouth – that beautiful mouth which produced all those perfect, calming melodies that always soothed my soul – flew open, and she was screaming.
An ear–piercing, shrill, banshee–like scream hit my ears before she was hurled over the side of the cliff.
Just like that, she was gone.
In a flicker
The bat of an eyelash,
Rosalie disappeared, and I was standing there, shouting after her, “NO!”
Beep, beep, beep…
My face was thinner than I‘d ever remembered seeing it before. I had heavy, dark bags under my eyes, and even though I‘d shaved earlier in the day, I hadn‘t done a very careful job of it. I couldn‘t recognize myself.
Talon looked at me with worry. “Alpha, are you okay? Did you get to sleep at all?
Then I remembered. The witness brought useful information from the borders, and we were able to send help to rescue the citizens being attacked by the rogues. Some of them come to the capital seeking shelter.
“He wants you there as well.”.
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Yeah sorry full of crap clichés skipping chapters...
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...