Page 285 of When We Fall: Part Two
“Why would you know where she is?” I demanded, glaring at him. For the first time, I was suspicious. I’d been pushing it away, but something wasn’t right.
“Tell him,” Matteo snapped at Klaus, who genuinely looked stricken. It was the first time I’d ever seen a chink in his armor.
“I’m seeing her,” Klaus said flatly.
“I’m sorry. What?” My blood ran cold. I needed to hear it twice, apparently.
“I’m seeing her,” he repeated tightly. “She is…”
“Don’t you fucking finish that sentence,” I snarled, shoving him hard in the chest. “Motherfucker!”
“Alessandro.” Matteo grabbed me as I went to punch Klaus. Alessio moved to stand in front of him.
“Enough, son. He has been punished enough.”
I ground my teeth as I glared at the giant prick. A purple bruise marred his cheek, his lip was split, and there was a cut on his chin. “Cole was right. He came to see me. Said it was you. You motherfucker.” I spat at him. “How fucking could you? You know how I feel about her!”
“Alessandro, stop,” Matteo said, pushing me down onto my couch. “Klaus, tell us what happened. We all need to hear everything. From the beginning to now.”
I sat rocking on the couch, all the fury ricocheting inside my body, eager to get out.
“I-I spent time with her. She is special to me,” he said, his voice holding a slight shake to it. “I found her at a club one night and things just went from there.”
I glared at him. “What the hell does that mean?”
“Alessandro,” he murmured. “I am sorry. I know your feelings for her. I had a moment of weakness and gave into them. I-I care about her. She said nothing was happening between you two.”
My stomach roiled with his words.
“Continue,” Matteo grunted.
“She told me information about my eldest son. It did something to me, so I tried to find him. I could not, so I returned home to her.”
“Because she’s living with you?”God, what the fuck?
He nodded. “Staying at my place, yes. She wasn’t there, so I went out to find her. I found her at a club. She was alone at the bar. We sat and talked. She said she wanted to use the bathroom. We were going to go home after.” He visibly swallowed. “I did not follow her. I waited, wanting her to have some sense of freedom. It was an error on my part.”
“What happened?” I demanded before clenching my jaw and fists.
“She did not return to me. I went outside to check for her. It is where I encountered Cole Scott. He approached me. We fought.”
I noted the bruise on Klaus’s cheek again. I was glad Cole clocked him at least once.
“He was drunk, and not much of an adversary, but he did hit me. I-I thought he took her. His men showed up, pointed their guns at me before I could finish him. I released him and backed away. I was desperate. She was inside. She was nowhere outside. I checked the back alleys. All of it. I-I think Cole had her taken.”
I breathed out. OK. If the horsemen had her, that wasn’t so bad. She loved those assholes. She’d be safe with them, so I said as much.
“Call them,” Matteo said. “We need to make certain she’s with them. They will unlikely answer me except with gunfire, which I will return in kind.”
I rubbed my eyes and pulled my phone out. Quickly, I pulled up Enzo’s number and called him.
He answered immediately.
“Alessandro,” he said coolly.
“Lorenzo,” I bit back. “I want Rosalie.”
He was quiet for a moment.
