Chapter25
–Rose’s POV-.
“Rose? Are you alright?”
Michaelangelo pressed after moments of uninterrupted silence.
“Yeah…I’m okay- um, listen I promise I will tell you all about Malachi, I’ll tell you everything. Just not here, okay? Let’s get to the hotel first, there’s a storm coming, I can feel it.”
I replied.
“I feel it too, we’re only half an hour away so we should make it there before it gets any worse.
C’mon.”
He held out his hand for me.
We walked back to the car and strapped in, Michaelangelo turned the heating system on before we
departed.
The car ride to the hotel was stressful and very awkward, I didn’t know what to say to him or even
how to explain his lineage, let alone the fact that I have to die for him to be rid of his curse, and the
Lycan population to continue thriving.
Nevertheless, I knew it had to be done…it was just a matter of time.
The
“Rose…we’re here.”
He nudged me and pointed out the window.
I gasped.
It was a luxurious looking hotel in the middle of nowhere.
Snow coated the ground as the large glass windows fogged over, the pine trees on either side were large and beautiful and small stones in the ground led to the entrance of the grand hotel.
“Go ahead and wait in the lobby, I’ll grab our things.”
Michaelangelo nodded, pulling our duffel bags from behind the seats.
I kissed his cheek and pulled my hood over my head before making a dash for the lobby doors.
Michaelangelo was quickly behind me with the reservations ready in hand, the wind was picking up and the rain grew more aggressive.
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I knew we had to get inside before it got worse, otherwise we were going to be stuck in a shit hole.
“Excuse me, we have reservations for the King Suite.”
Michaelangelo settled things with the concierge as I observed the inside of the hotel.
It was definitely warmer in here.
Michaelangelo soon led us away from the lobby and into the elevator where we didn’t get off until we reached the top floor.
“Home sweet home.”
Michaelangelo jokingly said as he dropped our luggage in the entrance of the room and took his
shoes off at the door.
I followed, kicking off my wet converse and slipping out of my drenched socks.
“Before we talk…I’m going to take a shower and change, if that’s okay.”
I said, looking at my hands.
Michaelangelo walked over to me,
“No…it’s not okay.”
He raised my chin to look at him.
“Not unless I can join you.”
He winked and scooped me up in his arms, walking us towards the enormous bathroom in the suite.
I guess a long shower couldn’t hurt.
“I love you.”
Michaelangelo smiled, trailing his finger along my chest before resting his hand on my linen
covered stomach.
“I love you too.”
I replied, sitting up and leaning against the headboard of the bed.
He kissed my shoulder and joined me, holding me by my waist as we sat together in comfortable
silence.
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“I think…I think I’m ready to talk now.”
I said after moments of peacefulness.
He pulled his arm from around my waist and sat in front of me.
“Earlier…you asked me about Malachi, and I told you that I wouldn’t lie to you or keep things from you, so I’m going to tell you everything I know. Please, please don’t be angry or upset and don’t say anything until I’m finished, because you need to know everything.”
Michaelangelo tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and kissed my forehead, encouraging me to
continue.
We must have spent hours on that bed, I talked to him of my first vision of Malachi, and all the
times she’d visited me and talked with me about her past.
I told him about Jack and his psychotic break, the things he said and did to me and how I was able to
heal.
I told him of his father, his real father and how he wished he’d spent more time with him in his other life, all the while Michaelangelo grew more restless, he fidgeted, he narrowed his eyes and even grew sad at one point, but he never interrupted me and he never called me crazy.
“So, the only solution to avoid that and for you to live and become who you’re truly supposed to
become, is for me to die.”
I finished, looking anywhere but at Michaelangelo, I couldn’t bring myself to see him so
disappointed and angry.
“Rose…”
He started, I looked up to his face, his warm brown eyes reassuring me.
“I won’t let it happen…I can’t let it happen, I don’t care who they are, I am a Lycan and I was born a Lycan, you are my mate and you’re staying with me until the very end.”
He nodded as if his statement was final.
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