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Forty Two

Author: Lola Ben
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-28 20:09:54

After Natasha made her eat before administering medicine, Rose slept to ease her wandering mind. So, when she woke up, she easily decided to finally face Rune and possibly speak to him about the burden of her past.

As a soul-relaxing yawn left her, she climbed out of bed and walked out of the room while she inwardly questioned the intense silence she was sensing.

Rune was not outside the door. Nobody else was in sight.

“Rune?” The subtle darkness in the poorly lit corridors made the silence somewhat scary. “Are you there? Symon? Keith? Where is everybody?”

Rose hoped that she was not having an abandonment nightmare while awake. The case had better be that she had a poor sense of direction and was too unfamiliar with the layout of the new location.

“Seriously?” Her forehead deepened with a frown, her hands clasped to contain the fright attempting to overpower her. “Rune. Please answer me.” That bothering moment felt worse because her mate was not replying through their mind link ei
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