26_I Found Her
Cole POV “How the f*ck did she get past you?” I demand from the guard at the gate. My fingers are cramped into his shirt and his feet are dangling in the air as I pin him against the wall. “She … she didn’t p … pass through th … the gate,” he stutters. “Cole, enough,” Ariella intervenes. “You should know better than anybody else that Ruth is much too clever to simply walk through the gate.” With a grunt, I release the guard and he desperately tries to find his composure and not run off. I turn on my heels and blindly walk away. I need space, I need to breathe. The fear of losing Ruth is so overwhelming that I cannot think rationally. “Cole,” Ariella’s voice is soft and soothing. “Do you know the shortcut through the woods to Dark Moon?” “What?” I frown, turning to face her. “Why woul
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