Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

Chapter 136 The fear of abandonment

They managed to slip back to their room without getting caught. His guards must not have heard them like she first thought-or perhaps they did and they were avoiding them. For that she was more than grateful. The last thing she needed was to be embarrassed to be around his guards.

The next morning, Doris woke to an empty bed. She pulled herself up and bundled in several layers of warm clothes before she ventured out of their room. It was eerie how quiet the house was, she bet the entire village was exactly the same-one big ghost town.

“There she is.” Enzo leaned against the doorframe to his room. He looked as if he had been dragged through hell. Did she look that terrible when she woke up? And William still wanted to sleep with her?

expected it to be.

“Much better, though I did have some rather nasty dreams.” He frowned. “I think my village burned down and I could only watch.”

“Oh my-that’s terrible.” Doris pressed her lips together and gazed down the hall. “Is anyone else up?”

“You’re the first person I’ve seen today. I was starting to think you all left me.” Enzo pulled on a sweater and went to open another bedroom door without knocking. Doris parted her lips to object, but the room was empty.

“That’s… strange.” Doris went to the next room and did the same. Empty. All the rooms were empty. “Where could they be? The villagers should still be sleeping.”

Enzo gave her a confused glance. “Did they take the same thing we did?”

“Yes. William and I handed them out last night, they should be asleep for a day or so more.” Doris brushed past him and hurried down the steps. No one was there, the fire wasn’t even lit. “Where could they be?”

Enzo took his time getting down the stairs. He looked around curiously. “Perhaps they went to check on them.”

“All of them?” Doris pulled on her boots and ventured out into the snow. The fog had lessened and it didn’t seem like the storm had stuck around for long, but it was hard to walk through the fresh inches.

as she had thought, they were all sleeping and not one person was awake in any of the buildings. Her chest started to

Doris ran to the stables and saw all of the horses they

her. Once his panting slowed, he seemed to deflate from beside her .

enter her chest, she wanted to sink to the floor

arm to hold her up straight. She felt as if her

is recovering?” Doris stomped back towards the cabin. Her hands closed into

he left a note back at the cabin.” Cordelia said gently as

better have. I don’t know why he didn’t tell me last night

wanted him to tell you?” Cordelia purred. Doris wished she could smack

to bed. Surely he could have mentioned that he was leaving…

you, Doris. Don’t even go there.” Cordelia said quickly.

they wanted to stay and help. Perhaps he even thought they

rogues too? Surely they wouldn’t have wanted to leave their leader, they were only here to protect

of note from William. She needed

Nothing.

collapsed onto one of the couches. He watched her with steady eyes and she wasn’t sure why it only made

sat down across from him

to wake up alone without a reason why.” Doris whispered. She tried to block out images of her home life and forget that she knew what it was like to be abandoned. Those feelings crept back up

to be patient.” Enzo said gently. He leaned forward to grip her

a small smile and turned her head away. “What if he just got impatient and went back to the palace

at all. He wouldn’t leave you in a hundred years, my dear. If you think about any of the things

this random village. Even when half of her knew Enzo was right and he