Chapter 170: Rosalie’s Persuasion

*Rosalie’s POV

The flowers Ethan had brought me remained on my lap. Though I considered pushing them off onto the floor, I didn’t. They were beautiful and innocent, and they deserved to be treated better.

I sighed. I bundled them into a bouquet and placed them on the table along with the necklace. The simple decoration immediately brightened the room.

I heard a discussion at the door of my tent that got my attention. Georgia’s voice boomed above those of the guards and another female voice I thought to be Vicky’s.

“Let me in there right now, d*mn you, or I’ll cut your balls off and shove them down your throat!”

“But Miss Georgia,” one of the guards was saying, “the Rogue King has expressly forbid us from betting anyone inside to see the White Queen.”

The next thing I heard was the sound of someone doubling over in pain as I assumed Georgia had punched him in the stomach.

“Go tell Ethan. Now! Otherwise you’ll be the next!” she threatened the other guard.

“M-Miss Georgia…” he stammered.

“Just f*cking go tell him, and leave us the f*ck alone!” Georgia scolded.

I heard footsteps running away, and a moment later, my tent door opened, and Georgia and Vicky were walking in

Stunned, I stood up to hug them. “What are you doing here?” | asked them. Ethan hadn’t let me see anyone except for him since Rowan had left.

Georgia hugged me tightly. “We don’t have a lot of time before Ethan finds out that we’re here,” she explained. She released me, and Thugged Vicky, seeing by her face that she’d been crying. Her eyes were red and puffy, and she had streaks down her cheeks where tears had rolled through the layer of dust that covered her face, likely from a recent battle

“What’s going on?” I asked,

The two exchanged a quick glance before Georgia said, “It’s Ethan He’s lost his damn mind!”

“Tell me something I don’t already know,” I muttered, folding my arms beneath my chest. “What did he do this time?”

Bursting into tears, Vicky managed to choke out, “Talon! He’s. going to whip him!”

“What?” I couldn’t believe what she was telling me. Talon, of all people? The one person who was loyal to Ethan, no matter what he did?

“Why in the world would he do that?”

Vicky was sobbing so hard now, she couldn’t speak Georgia wrapped an arm around her and pulled her to her shoulder as she answered me.

“Talon was in charge of the prisoners from our recent battle. Ethan told him to have them all executed, but Talon spared some because those were very young rogues….”

I nodded. “Talon did the right thing,” I said. I couldn’t imagine how ruthless Ethan had to have become.

“Well, Alpha didn’t see it that way.” Vicky choked out.

Georgia patted her back as Vicky continued to cry. I felt just awful for my friend, but I didn’t even have a tissue to give to her

“When Ethan found out, he lost his sh*t,” Georgia said. “He had Talon locked up. In the morning, he’s going to give Talon forty lashes as his punishment.”

“Forty lashes?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My hands flew up to cover my mouth. Forty lashes had been known to strip all of the flesh night off of one’s back. Talon would be in serious condition from something like that especially if they became infected

Most importantly, did Ethan also expect Talon to fight? If Talon went out to battle with wounds like that, he wouldn’t be able to fratre. effectively, and he could dle!

“That’s right,” Georgia confirmed, “We can’t let that happen, Rosalie. If Ethan can do that to Talon, he can do it to anyone. Beaides that… Talon doesn’t deserve to be treated that way. He’s been so loyal to Ethan all of these years. He gave up everything to stay by his side. Now, my f*cking brother is willing to stoop so low?”

I could tell by the way she was shaking her head, her lips pressed together, that she was trying to control her rage.

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