THIRTY-FIVE

SCARLETT / CARA POV

I wake up slowly coming out of the darkness, shivering. I slowly sit up and rub my arms, trying to warm them a little. I shouldn't be this cold. Did Silas leave a window open or something, I wonder where Ruth is, she usually keeps me warm but the thought of her doesn't stay with me long, as that is when I look around and remembered Phoenix, my sons, my daughters, Silas taking me from my family, what Silas and King Marcus did together, meeting Aunt Clementine, escaping out the window, running and then finally finding and crawling into the cave I am currently in.

Thinking of Phoenix, I do something that I haven't done since the first few years when Wrath first put the bracelet on my ankle. I close my eyes and try to ignore the shivering of my cold body as I open my mind links,

"Phoenix??"

"Phoenix?? Can you hear me?"

"Phoenix?? I love you! Please"

Not that I am expecting an answer as I still wear the bracelet, but I still let out a little sob when I don't receive one