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Chapter 38: The Reaper Takes All Forms

“I want you, Rosalie.” Ethan‘s soft whisper wrapped around me as we lay tangled within the sheets, our bodies molding together in heated passion. “Don‘t leave me,” i begged him. Over and over again, he m ade me come undone around him. The feeling of him sliding in and out of me made my mind spiral. I wanted him, all of him, always. His hands brushing over my bare skin sent shive rs through my body. “You are mine forever, Rosalie– and I am forever yours.” His declaration made the love I have for him grow. I knew there was no way th at I would ever get over the way he made me feel.

Yet as the passion grew between us, he suddenly felt so far away. His body was sliding away from me, leaving me with an empty feeling inside. “Ethan?” My panic– filled voice drifted in an endless sea of darkness, and the sound of whispers was drawing me out of that place of lust and desire until, finally, my eyes opened. A groan of disappointment left my lips as I rolled over, facing the partially–cracked bedroom door. I had been dreaming, and it had been more than an amazing dream. Everything that had happened was somethin g I wished deep down would come true, but I knew better than to get my hopes up.

“What are you going to do?” A voice from the living room caught my attention, and I knew right away wh o it belonged to– Talon. “It‘s complicated,” Ethan‘s voice replied. “Nothing has changed, Talon.” Talon sighed. “You can‘t seriously be wanting to go through with it, Ethan.” “Will you keep it down? Rosalie is sleeping.” Ethan re plied in a harsh tone. I knew that, whatever they were discussing, I wasn‘t supposed to be listening to it . Unfortunately, they sometimes seemed to forget that I bore Alpha blood. My senses were quite sharp– especially when it came to sound. “I‘m sorry, but things have changed since Rosalie came to us. We all care about her… even you.” “Don‘t assume you know how I feel, Beta.” Ethan‘s rough voic e replied, and it was obvious he was growing irritated. “This is about the baby.”

“Just about the baby?” Talon protested quietly. “Come on. I have known you since we were boys, and w e both know that isn‘t true.”

“It doesn‘t matter what you think you know, Talon.” Ethan repeated clearly, and then their whispers soft ened even more to the point that I had a hard time hearing them.

I couldn‘t help but feel curious, and then scared, about what they were talking about. Did Ethan care ab out me? I had noticed a change with him since we came to the capitol, and especially since he found o ut I was pregnant. I wanted more than anything for the dream I had just lived to come true… to have Ethan accept me as more than just his breeder

I felt hope building within me that there was a possibility he would finally be willing to admit that he care d for me – perhaps even loved me. Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Ethan, please… don‘t do this,” I heard Talon say once again, and I didn‘t like the way that panic rose in his voice.

“I have to marry Madalynn. As much as I wish that wasn‘t so. James has given me a clear order, and I am going to obey it. His mate can not have children, and my child will be the heir to the throne one day. I have to have à respectable Luna, Talon.” Hearing Ethan say that he didn‘t think I was respectable cut deep into me. I came from a r oyal bloodline. My mother‘s family were from the old world, and even though I was the last of their line, I still was an Alpha‘s daughter. Regardle ss of how I had come to Ethan. The one problem was: no one knew of my mothers bloodline. It had been kept a secret for so long, because of the tales of horribl e things people did to her family generations ago. I didn‘t know all of the details, and she died before I c ould figure everything out. The only thing I knew for sure was that we were supposed to be special in s ome way. “Rosalie is an Alpha‘s daughter. She would be a suitable match.” Talon was arguing with his Alpha for me, and I didn‘t want him to. If he wasn‘t careful, Ethan would lose his temper, and he could b

e punished for the things he was saying, for trying to assert that Ethan was wrong. That was a big “no” i n any werewolf pack. You never questioned your Alpha. “Beta, you need to watch how you speak to me . You knew what the plan was when she came to us, and you need to remember our conversations the n. I told you not to get close to her like you did, and you and your sister will have to deal with the conse quences of that when she is gone.” Again, Ethan‘s words broke my heart. Slowly, tears began to flow d own my face as I listened to the two men arguing. I didn‘t want to believe that, after everything Ethan and I had gone thro ugh, he would still want to get rid of me. And yet, evidently, I was nothing but a convenience to him. So meone to carry his child– and when I was done, I would be cast aside. “I‘m sorry, Alpha…” Talon was saying, struggling to speak . “But I don‘t agree with the plan.” “It isn‘t for you to agree with!” Ethan yelled. “You just need to execute it.” If they had not been in such a he ated argument, they would have known I was awake. I didn‘t want them to know, and as I laid back on my pillow, I let the tears fall from my eyes down my cheeks, soaking the pillow behind my

He didn‘t care about me, after all.

I was nothing to him. “So after everything… all the feelings you have for her… you are still going to igno re and deny them. And when she has the baby, you will continue with what you planned to do. The mot her of your child… You‘re going to go through with it.”

Talon‘s defeated response caught my attention, and I tried to hold back the sob that was threatening to break free.

“Yes, Talon.”

Ethan‘s voice was so low, but I still heard the rest of the sentence. The sentence that would forever haun

“Find a way to make her go peacefully.” Ethan‘s words sent a cold stab of hurt straight to my heart, and my eyes widened. What did he say? What did he mean?! Fear and panic filled me and my hands slapped a had indeed gone. It was when I knew I was alone that I finally let the weight of everything come crashing

I was such a fool!

“Why?” I cried out as my knees buckled beneath me, and I slid to the floor against the bedroom door. “W

There was no one there to answer my questions, and I felt more alone in that moment than I ever had. Did that mea a lie? Did Vicky and Georgia know about this, too? Were my friendships with them all fake? Estrella.. My Talon had known the entire time! The man I trusted with my life knew that Ethan was going to kill me, an