A Tainted Claim (Beholden Duet Book 2) by Zoey Ellis

Author:Zoey Ellis [Ellis, Zoey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-15T18:30:00+00:00

7

ANA

The next morning, Ana woke to the Alpha lifting her out of bed. She immediately tried to snuggle into his chest, keen for the comfort she had missed all night, but Maddoc bathed her, applied the salve to her back, and dressed her without saying a word.

Strangely, he dressed her in a long olive dress that was typical commoner wear. The coarse material scratched her skin but she found she liked the style and fit. He pushed hard sandals on her feet and brushed her hair so that it fell loosely over her shoulders.

Picking her up again, he carried her out of the pavilion toward the clearing she was in yesterday. A number of highcloaks waited for them by the campfire, and as soon as Maddoc joined them, they all started heading in a specific direction.

Ana took the opportunity to enjoy being in Maddoc's arms. She hated that she did, but it wasn't as though she had a choice. When she pressed her cheek against his chest and sighed, he looked down on her, his beard twitching. She scowled and turned her face in toward his chest so he couldn't see her face.

When she turned her face back out again, they had left the camp and were trudging through bushes and bramble and leaves. Ana cursed inwardly. She had missed how they exited the base, and didn't even know which direction they had headed in to access it.

She remained alert, trying to make note of what she saw, but all around them was greenery and bushes. It was impossible to pinpoint anything in particular.

Finally, they came to a more spacious area where horses awaited them. Maddoc climbed the same huge, black horse he had ridden to the base and placed Ana on the saddle in front of him, a thick arm around her securing her against his body.

They rode for a long time, possibly even longer than when they had arrived here, but Ana had been so disorientated she couldn't tell. Being on the horse for so long, she began to ache, and right when as she thought she couldn’t take any more, the horses angled to the left and the forest began to thin out. They rode into a medium-sized town and stopped outside of a tavern.

Maddoc dismounted and lifted Ana off the horse, but this time allowed her to stand, even though his arm remained around her.

They all headed to the outskirts of the town, toward the fields and took position in a small cluster of abandoned buildings near one of the fields.

The highcloaks clearly had a routine. Some of them positioned themselves farther down, crouched behind a broken wall. The ones with Maddoc rolled a blanket underneath the windows to kneel on, propped up a bow next to the window, lay their swords on the floor in front of their knees, and took out magnifying lenses to look through.

Maddoc rolled a blanket on the floor and knelt down, pulling Ana to stand next to him, his arm around her hips.

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