Chapter Twenty Seven
Fear and Shame
(Beast POV)
I walked up to Roses bedroom door; I wanted to apologize for yelling at her. I knocked;
"Rose?"
No one answered the door. I knocked once more,
"Rose are you in there?"
This time I got an answer but it was not Roses voice, but the wardrobe woman's.
"I'm sorry Master, but she is not in her room. She never came back from when you and she went for a walk."
I couldn't believe it. I opened the door and entered Roses room. The wardrobe woman was right; the bed was still neat and made from the servants work. Her room, I never noticed before but it had her smell. The smell of roses.
Funny how her name evenly matched everything about her. Like the rose, she is beautiful and strong at the same time, and how she is so simple and yet so beautiful.
Thinking about her reminded me of why I was here in the first place.
I turned to the wardrobe woman whose name was Ms. Patrice
"She never came back?"
The wardrobe woman looked at me sadly.
"No sir, she never came back."
I left the room quickly not trying to think about where she could have run off to.
Rose, where are you?
Hey beast man, didn't I tell you? You've gone soft, and now, since you let your guard down, look at what's happened.
SHUT UP! I am not in the mood to deal with you right now. Not when I can't find Rose .
I'd be mad at you too for yelling at me. All she wanted to do was to read a bit longer. Hehe. And you wouldn't even let her do that. You are very selfish, no wonder she-.
SHUT UP! SHUT UP! I didn't mean to yell at her, she looked tired and I wanted her to get her rest. Is that so wrong? Besides, where would she go that I wouldn't know about?
Oh I don't know, how about the woods?
"No!"
I dashed to the front entrance on all four paws, going as quickly as I could possibly run.
"Please Rose, please just walk out in front of me and show me that you didn't run away. Do anything please!"
But it never happened. Not when I ran down the halls or down the stairs. She didn't show up, and emotions that I never felt before rose up in my heart, fear and shame.
