xxxiv

It's been a day since Rosalie had been kidnapped and she hasn't slept a wink. She had been up all night thinking about the twins and the situation that they were in now. She blamed herself for everything.

"Maybe if I had just listened to Genesis or maybe if I had declined grandpa's offer to come live with him, none of this would be happening, people still would've had their lives."

It was dangerous for Rosalie to be left alone with her thoughts. Sometimes Kamari tried to reassure her that everything was going to be alright and that the twins would find them, but sometimes Rosalie’s thoughts would overpower Kamari and block her voice, drowning out her words of comfort and reassurance.

Throughout the night, Rosalie had showered and wore, to her displeasure, some of Mateo's clothes. It reeked of him, which made her sick to her stomach, but she refused to stay naked. She wasn't hungry either and she guaranteed that she would be like that for a while, especially with Cora's dead rotting b