Shattered Rose: He Held On Tight Novels & Stories

"I'ms-sor-ry! I’m…" She tried to stutter out, but the side of her face that Rose hit didn't seem to be cooperating. She was half standing half crouching, cupping herself midsection. Rose smelled blood and noted gashes from the glass, it had cut her and her landing probably got her a few broken ribs.

A single rose would suffice. My hand was just out of reach. "Just a little further, Val," I whispered, gazing down the cliff with a pounding heart. If I were to fall, I would surely be broken into pieces. "Don't look!" I scolded myself and hovered closer, holding the tree's roots. My fingers touched the rose petals as I slipped further to grab the flower, however— suddenly, my grip on the roots slipped, and I lost my balance. I gasped in fright and heard Rey's shriek.

I want you to feel despair like I did, feel my sadness, sorrow and anger’ ‘You’re crazy!’ Rosé yelled at him ‘he has nothing to do with this just leave him alone’ He turned back to me completely ignoring her ‘You’re going to know what it feels like to be at the very bottom starting with your mate’ he grabbed her and held her in front of me ‘Take your hands off her’ I tugged at the two rogues holding my hand ‘Don’t let go’ he ordered ‘although he’s weakened he can very much still kill you don’t underestimate him’

He hugged me hard and covered the wound on my thigh which was still bleeding. "Don't leave me, please. Rose, you said you would come back to me. Fight for me, please." Tears welled up in my eyes as he continued to plead with me. "I love you, Yuhe and I'm sorry." My hand, which was holding a red rose, kept falling. The leaf was completely gone and was bleeding red. The body was already covered in black before his ashes went into the air. Loud thunder and lightning roared in the sky again. I have never seen the dropped creature since in the sky that shook all around.

* The connection trembled. Unstable. Dangerous. But Rose held it. Just a moment longer. Just enough. “Then come find me.” The eyes flared. Interest. Amusement. *Oh… I will.* The darkness surged— And the connection snapped. Rose gasped— Her eyes flying open as the world slammed back into place around her. Kael caught her before she could fall. “I’ve got you.” Her breath came fast. Her pulse racing. Storm stepped closer. “What happened?” Rose looked at them.

ROSE A strong grip came around my wrist and I was roughly pulled back. I crashed against a hard warm body and looked up to see Rum glaring down at me with fear and anger. ‘What the fuck, Rose! You almost got yourself killed!’ His finger shot out, I followed its line of direction and saw the ground coming to an end just a step from where I stood. I almost walked off a cliff. His thick arm came around my waist clutching me tightly. ‘What the fuck were you thinking?’ He growled in my ear.

The sudden interruption shattered the suffocating, erotic haze of the war room like a sheet of ice. Rosalie let out a broken, frustrated whimper, her body shivering violently as she was left completely suspended on the very edge of a climax. Her jade eyes flew open, wide and filled with a mixture of residual pleasure and renewed terror, staring up at the man who held her entire world in his hands.

She looked like she had the night they’d been torn apart… fragile, wounded, yet carrying that quiet strength that haunted him. A sharp jab of pain shot through his chest, so sudden it stole his breath. He had sworn not to look at her, not to feel, not to let himself unravel. But here she was, and all his control cracked. Rose’s throat worked as she tried to speak, but no sound came. Her hands trembled as she clutched the folds of her plain dress. For a heartbeat, she looked as if she might collapse. Then she turned, walking past him without a word.

"FREE ME THEODORE!!! HELP, SOMEONE HELP!!!" An agonizing scream rang in her ears. Rose stilled in her place when she saw a blurry figure of Jasmine tied up with iron chains and crying for help. She was too shocked to react but the moment that loop vanished in thin air, reality struck her. "Oh no, JASMINE!!!" *****

Without waiting for his response, I pushed past him, yanked open the car door, and pulled Rose into my arms. She was trembling, her body rigid with fear. I held her close, whispering softly in her ear, “It’s okay now. I’m taking you back. You’re safe.” Rose nodded, her face burying into my chest as she clung to me. Her vulnerability stirred something deep inside me—a fierce need to protect her, no matter the cost. Loren watched, his jaw clenched, but he didn’t dare stop me. He knew he was outmatched. Without sparing him another glance, I carried Rose back to the car, gently setting her inside. As we drove away, I kept her close, vowing silently that I wouldn’t let anyone take her from me aga