Sickeningly Sweet

Chapter Twenty

  Rose POV

  "No." I whisper as a single tear escapes my eye.

  Henry raises a concerned eyebrow and steps forward.  Flashes from my nightmare come rushing back for the third time today making let out a sob.  I fall to my knees and lay a fist over my heart.  It feels like a rock in my chest.  What do I do?  I cant let him die.  I could tell him that his plan wont work and about what I saw in my dream, but he wont care.  He would say its just a nightmare.

  I look up at him as the tears stream down my face, "Please.  You cant go with me." 

  He comes ti kneel by my side.  Henry strokes my back slowly.  He doesn't say anything, just sits and hugs me.  "Is it because of the nightmare?  I dont know what you saw, but it wont happen Rose.  We could.."

  "No," I cut him off, "You aren't going."  I push him off and stand up.

  I walk towards the door to leave but he grabs my wrist.  He doesn't say anything and I know he want to know what Im thinking.  So instead of letting him hear it, I let him see it.  I let him see that we go through with his plan.  I let him see that I could have taken the shot earlier.  I let him see that I could have kept him alive, but I didn't.  I let him see his dead body on the ground.

  He lets go and I step back to look at him.  He looks confused, hurt, shocked, and angry.  All for a split second, all at the same time.  I start crying all over again.  I hate the damn act, but I cant stop.

  "Im going and we are keeping the plan."  He yanks the door open, steps out, and slams it shut.

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The mountain is steep and dark.  I feel the slight breeze weave its way through my fur.  I hate transforming into a wolf.  Filthy dogs.

  Henry is next to me, but there is no comfort coming from his presence like there normally is.  I look over at him to see his jaw tight and his mouth in a firm line.  He notices me looking at him and frowns when I dont look away.

  "You remember what to do?"  he asks looking away.

  I nod and convert back.  My heart sinks when he holds my hands behind my back without another word.  We walk forward and just as my nightmare went the guards let us pass, nodding at Henry.

  We approach the big gates and stop.  I cant stand the sight of these things.  They aren't old, they are actually relativly new.  They are polished, ten foot tall black gates.  Metal rods sticking out filed into sharp points at the end.  The kind of thing that you know when you enter you wont be the same.

  Henry pushes me forward gently when I dont move on my own.  I sniffle and follow what I am to do.

  We walk down a long corridor that leads to Sugars office.  Henry knocks on a thin steel door 3 times sharply.  The door opens and we step in.

 Here we go.