Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 272

Chapter 272 Scary Land

Chapter 272 Scary Land

ARDEN

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I was pulled out of sleep by something shaking me. My eyes fluttered open to find Calla hovering over me, her hands gripping my arm and her face pinched with worry.

“Mommy, Mommy.”

Her whisper was urgent, but not loud enough to disturb Rowan, who lay beside me in the bed. He’d had such a long day, and I didn’t want to wake him if it wasn’t necessary. I rubbed my eyes and propped myself up on one elbow.

“Quiet, honey,” I murmured, brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Your dad is sleeping.”

She nodded but didn’t relax. Instead, she looked at me with wide, serious eyes.

“Aunt Arden,” she said, merely two words, but I heard the urgency in her tone.

I frowned, tilting my head. “Do you miss your Aunt Arden?” I asked gently, thinking maybe this was one of those dreams that clung to children, something she wanted comfort from.

“Yes,” she answered honestly. I thought it would end with that. I was prepared to comfort her, but she spoke once more.

“She’s in trouble.”

My brows furrowed. Calla wasn’t one to confabulate about such things, even if she was young.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I saw it,” she whispered.

My heart skipped. “Saw… what?”

Calla shook her head quickly. “She’s in a scary land, Mommy. We have to go.”

I froze at the seriousness of her voice. What was she saying? Was it just a dream? Her imagination running wild? Children said strange things, but Calla’s eyes didn’t look like she was imagining. They looked like she was certain.

“What did you

see?” I asked.

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Calla’s hands tightened on mine. “She’s calling. I heard her calling. She’s hurting, too.”

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Before I could press her further, Rowan’s phone buzzed violently against the nightstand. We both turned toward the sound, and Rowan stirred, groaning. He reached blindly for the device, his hair falling messily into his eyes.

“Who would call at this hour?” he muttered groggily.

Rowan pressed the phone to his ear, his voice low. “Hello?”

Cade’s frantic voice spilled through the line, loud enough for me to catch every word. “Is Arden there?”

My chest tightened. I turned to Calla, whose nervous little face hadn’t changed, and my pulse started to thunder.

“What do you mean?” Rowan asked, suddenly awake, sitting upright.

“Why would she be here?” he demanded, looking around the room to confirm that Arden truly hadn’t snuck out in the middle of the night to come here–as crazy as that sounded.

“She has been saying how she missed Tessa these last couple of days. She snuck out once, so maybe she went there,” Cade said. Then, he whispered, “She’s not here.”

There was a pause, and then Cade’s breathing turned harsh, curses spilling from his mouth.

“Fuck,” he hissed, the sound ripping through the line. “Where could she be? She’s not here. I don’t know where to-‘

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I couldn’t move. My throat dried up as Rowan’s face paled in the faint light of the room.

“She’s not with us,” Rowan said slowly.

My heart slammed against my ribs, and I turned back to Calla. She was still staring at me with those knowing eyes.

“We have to go,” I whispered.

Calla nodded fiercely, appearing like she had been waiting for me to say the words.

I gripped Rowan’s arm, my nails digging into his skin. “We have to go,” I repeated louder.

Rowan’s gaze went from me to Calla, then back to his phone, where Cade’s ragged breaths still echoed. His expression darkened with resolve, and in that instant.

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Arden was in trouble.

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“Stay with them, my dear,” I whispered to Calla, my palm brushing over her soft hair. Her eyes kept darting around shadows in the corners of the room.

“Is everything going to be okay, Mommy?” Calla’s voice cracked.

I hesitated. “I don’t know.”

Her bottom lip quivered, but she didn’t cry. Instead, she leaned forward, her hand gripping mine with surprising strength. “You need to hurry,” she whispered urgently. “They’re going to hurt her.”

A chill raced down my spine. “How do you know that?” I asked, unable to stop the tremor in my voice.

“I told you. I saw it,” she said, her brows knitting in earnest desperation. “Mommy, you have to go.”

I studied her face. I didn’t understand it, but at that moment, I trusted her. Calla wasn’t pr to wild stories. If she said Arden was in trouble, then something inside me screamed to b

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“Okay,” I breathed, bending down to press a kiss against her cheek. She smelled like lavender soap, and I let the comfort linger for a heartbeat. “Okay, sweetheart. I’ll go.”

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