TOB 27: MYSTERIES

CHAPTER TWENTY - SEVEN: MYSTERIES

ROSE AMARA POV

I was completely covered from behind by a big body, and for a split second, I was too dazed to understand what had happened. I can't smell or hear anything. I feel as though I've just woken up in a white room because my vision is so hazy.

The familiar voice says, "Stay low," and all my other senses begin to awaken.

It is like being yanked out of the ocean and receiving your first breath of fresh air. I became aware that I wasn't

been breathing when my lungs begin to burn. My tongue clings to the roof of my mouth, and my ears buzz.

The entrance to the coffee shop, the concrete underneath us, the shot on the door...

"Do you hear me, Rose? Are you alright? ”

Over the continual ringing in my ears, I mumble, "I'm okay."

I try to move out from under him, but Ethan holds me there by wrapping his hand around my nape. "Stay still."

He has a solid hold on me and won't let me move, which is impossible because his weight is crushing me. He has ever