In Mike and Mary’s room,
“She was not alone in that room. Someone was with her!” Mary said which surprised her husband even more
“Who? Are you sure? Who was with her?” Mike asked in hurry ready to bolt back to Rose’s room/
“I don’t know but I can tell. You know that” Mary said sitting down on the bed.
“Oh, I see. Was she hiding a guy in her room?” Mike asked in confusion.
“I don’t know that yet but it wasn’t her blood on the bed. She only had a minor injury. I think something is awfully wrong here” Mary said closing her eyes while holding her head in her hand.
“What do you mean?” Mike asked but he was only met with silence.
She finally opened her eyes and gave him a knowing look.
“You mean it is related to my brothers?” Mike asked in shock.
“I know my daughter, Mike. The way she asked about her uncles and aunt, I feel like she knew something or worse she saw something that she shouldn’t have” Mary said feeling helpless.
“I felt weird too when she asked specifically about William and Milly. She couldn’t care less about their presence” Mike scratched his chin and raised his head to look at his wife again.
“Should we confront her?” Mike asked not liking the idea of pressuring his precious daughter.
“No, we must wait. If we bombard her with questions now, she may get scared or have a wrong idea about everything” Mary said sighing deeply.
“You are right, honey” Mike said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
“Just pray that she didn’t meet a supernatural creature or things will turn out for worse” Mary said worried about the near future.
“Our years of efforts will go in vain” Mike said feeling the intensity of the situation.
“That’s why I wanted to keep her away from this town but I was helpless this time” Mary said feeling more stressed with every passing second.
“Don’t worry, honey. We will wrap things up soon and leave this town for good and never return” Mike kept his hands on his wife’s shoulders and reassured her.
After listening to their conversation loud and clear, Oliver went inside his room and punched the wall in anger.
“Rosey, what are you hiding?”
……….
Meanwhile, in Rose’s room,
Once Rose locked the main door, she ran towards the other door and unlocked it. She saw Elijah standing there, resting his back against the wall, his eyes closed. Just by standing there effortlessly, he was looking like a highest-paid model.
Rose took her time to check him out.
Her eyes went from his angular face, his perfect features to his sharp jawline, his strong collarbone, his muscular arm from which veins were popping up to his rock-hard chest, and his well-defined eight-pack abs.
She stopped herself from looking further down. Her mouth was watery. He wasn’t a snack, he was a whole damn meal. She was unable to stop herself from staring at the muscle monster in front of her.
“Enjoying the show?” He asked, his eyes were still closed.
“What? No! I didn’t look” Rose lied and it couldn’t be more obvious.
He opened his eyes and looked directly into her eyes.
He took a step towards her and a small smile curved on his lips.
“You are behaving like a small girl caught stealing a cookie from the jar, love” he said in his deep magnetic voice.
‘Why is his voice so seductive? I get turned on by only his voice! How am I supposed to survive this?’ Rose thought while swallowing hard.
“You heard everything?” She asked hurriedly.
“Eager enough to change the topic?” He smirked.
‘He looks even more hot when he smirks!’ She just looked at him without replying.
“Yup, I understand why you hated to come here” he replied with a look of worry.
“It is wrong to eavesdrop on someone’s conversation” Rose said looking anywhere but at him.
“I can’t help it, love. It’s not like I wanted to. You locked me in here. Even if I was a mile away, I would have heard it. Werewolf thingy” he replied like it was the most obvious thing, but not for Rose.
“You can hear things from a mile away?” Rose asked in surprise.
“Yup, every werewolf can hear the conversation happening in the same house or near a few-kilometer radius” he said proudly.
“And something is telling me you can hear more” Rose said raising her eyebrow.
“You never fail to impress me, love” he gave her another one of his infectious smiles.
‘Gosh! His smile is deadly!’ She felt like her heart stopped beating for a moment.
‘DON’T LOOK AT HIM!’ she chided herself in her mind.
“As for me, I can hear from fifty kilometers of radius if I try to focus it. The same goes for my vision and sense of smell. Royal blood” He replied casually.
“Wow!” Rose replied. She noticed herself having a similar gift of listening but she didn’t share the information with him.
For a little while, there was pin-drop silence in the room. There were so many things going on inside Elijah’s head and he was unable to figure out which one he wanted to ask first.
His jealousy triumphs over his curiousness and he ended up asking about Oliver.
“What about that Oliver guy?” Elijah asked pretending to be casual.
“What about him?” Rose asked, pretending to be surprised.
“He sounded like someone had stolen his favorite toy from him. he was about to cry” Elijah added with a mocking chuckle.
“I don’t know what are you talking about?” She replied casually.
“Really? You don’t know? Do you also have a crush on that guy?” He asked as he was dying with curiosity and jealousy.
Rose’s heart was beating loudly against her chest. She had no idea what was she feeling at the moment.
“Isn’t he your cousin?” Elijah asked when he met with no answer previously.
“Yes, he is!” She only replied the part which was less scandalous.
“What is it? Forbidden romance?” He asked, the corner of his mouth twitching into a smirk.
“You are uttering sheer nonsense!” She scoffed.
“It better be nonsense. Because I won’t let him steal you” Elijah said as he took a step towards her.
“What do you mean?” She asked him anxiously taking a step back.
“You are mine!”