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CHAPTER 39 False Promises

  Elsie's POV

  My eyes stung as I made an attempt to open them, even the effort in moving my eyelids was exhausting. Eventually I focused on the light around me, squinting as the brightness from the sun burned into my vision. 

  I saw the silhouette of someone sitting beside me. Was it Theo? Oris? I would even welcome Kai at this point. Had they managed to find me and bring me back to the Summer Pack house?

  My eyes began to adjust, and I just caught the features of the man sitting at my bedside. As he spoke to me, I felt my stomach turn with sickness, and bile rose into my throat.

  "Good morning baby," Rory's rough voice stung my ears. That same voice I always dreaded to hear, it sent a terror through my body, striking every nerve along the way "You're safe now, safe with me,"