Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 73

“Where is she?!?!” Reiner screamed in Edward’s face as his strong hands grabbed Edward’s collar shaking him.

“…in the forest,” Edward replied calmly in a low voice.

“What?! You fucking left her there?” Reiner shouted in disbelief.

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**Hours earlier**

Reiner was at the wheel speeding on the highway out of town. As he had expected, Edward did not reply to his text, and he still couldn’t get through to Natalia. Those two are definitely together. If not, Edward would be searching for Natalia with a full army of his men right now. The only saving grace in all of this is that Lucien is still oblivious to all that is happening.

If Edward is crazy and desperate enough, which he probably is by this point, he would most probably take Natalia to the place where the event in her dream took place. I’m not sure if what Edward is doing is the right thing or not but since Natalia has decided that she wanted to remember, there is nothing that I should do to prevent that. Edward would never use force to take Natalia with him and there were clearly no signs of a struggle in her bedroom. This means that Natalia went with Edward willingly in order to learn the truth behind her nightmares.

The weather forecast today forecasts for very heavy rain in the early evening. It’s probably not coincidence that Edward chose this day of all days to take Natalia there. It was raining hard the day the event took place as well. Shit, I don’t like where this is going…

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“Where are you going?” Edward asked calmly after Reiner let go of his collar and turned towards the door.

“To find her! I know you want her to regain her memories but leaving her in the middle of the forest in this rain is dangerous!” Reiner screamed back at Edward.

“and…how are you going to find her in this rain?” Edward asked with a smirk while looking at his watch. It’s been 10 minutes now since he left Natalia in the forest. Was this long enough yet?

“What do you mean? We go out there and we search until we find her!” Reiner screamed. Edward’s nonsense is wasting his time.

“Want to make a bet with me? Let’s search for her. If I find her first, you swear not to ever touch her again. Deal?” Edward asked with narrowed eyes. Reiner is going out of his mind, no surprise there. He’ll probably kill me if he knows Natalia is naked safe from her thin white lace shirt…

“You don’t make bets where you have a clear disadvantage. I’m physically much stronger and more experience in tracking people down than you, I’ll probably find her long before you do. So, what are you hiding?” Reiner asked in a serious tone.

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“Edward!!! Edward!!!” I screamed Edward’s name into the pouring rain for the hundredth time now, I think. This is crazy! Did he leave me here alone? I can’t find him, and I can’t even see much anymore. It’s so dark, there’s no light except for the moon above and Edward is clearly no longer here with me.

It’s getting cold. The sun had set completely, and the storm showed no sign of stopping. I’m wet, cold, alone and I am scared. The forest is dark, the trees look bigger and taller, and I am lost. I currently have no sense of direction. I don’t know from which way we came, and which way was the way back. How long have I been here alone like this? Probably not long but it felt like forever has passed.

I screamed like a sissy little girl when I heard the roaring sound of thunder. This is bad…my fears are taking over me and I can feel myself losing my mind. I can barely keep calm anymore and I’m losing grip on my reasoning. Every sound is freaking me out even the sound of the howling wind against my face. I spun around at every little sound to see if something or someone was behind me. I’m losing it.

‘Run, Natalia…you have to find your way back.’ Edward’s voice came back to me. Run? Run where you moron! I can’t even see anything!

It can’t be. Someone is here? They’re behind me? I froze in fear. I think someone or something is chasing me…

A thunder rang out and I ran for my life forward, wherever that forward was. I tripped and fell. It hurts! The floor was muddy now and slippery. I felt the sticky mud and the rain on my bare legs.

“Noooooooo!!! Ahhhhhh!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs with all the voice I still had left as I sat down. No, I need to keep running…they’re coming after me. I’m so tired, I’m choking on my own tears. I must have been crying since the moment I realized that Edward was no longer by my side. That bastard, he left me here!

I ran…and ran…and ran…

I don’t know how long I ran or how far I ran. I ran until, I couldn’t.

Literally, couldn’t. I ran until I hit a metal grid wall, like the wall of a metal cage. Is this the end?

“No! No! Nooooo!!! Help!” I screamed as I shook the metal grid. Obviously, it did not budge at all.

--To be continued...