Chapter 33: 'He doesn’t belong here—why can’t you accept that!'

ROSE

Stay calm, Rose….

I pursed my lips tight to fight a scream of fear.

“We’ve gotta find Keithen,” a woman’s voice sounded in front of me—the Ice Queen.

“He’ll come,” the housekeeper prophesied. He removed his fingers—and the pain vanished, allowing me to catch up my missed breaths—and then said, “We’ve got her anyway. So he’ll come.”

I was gasping fruitlessly for air. Rum won’t come. I won’t call out for him. It’s much too risky. We’re still in plain sight of the public.

“Still, we need to stay alert—you know how crafty that cub is.” The woman now sounded frantic, as though afraid. “Let’s go.”

And they started walking.

“Where do we go now?” asked the man. "These humans are giving me strange looks for carrying this girl."

“Keithen's quarters. I got the directions from Magnus,” decided the Ice Queen. “Let’s wait for him there.”

“Goddess me, that means we'll have to take that metal case. Didn't Magnus say that it’s a migraine?”

“My Deity, Ellis! You’re an Alpha, fo