Anaya's Pride: A Reverse Harem Love Story (Beasts of Ironhaven Book 1) by Chloe Cole

Author:Chloe Cole [Cole, Chloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Frog Prints Publishing
Published: 2017-07-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

By the time I’d eaten the stew Cook had brought up for me and bathed the last of the blood from my face, I was feeling strange. The wound on my head was already healed, so it wasn't that. It was like my body was wrung out from the constant emotional swings. I'd come perilously close to dying out there, and while I was almost limp with relief that Gatlin had saved me, I was still very aware of how close of a call it had been. And every time I thought about what could've happened, I started shaking again.

I stared at my reflection in the vanity and marveled at how different the person staring back at me was. In just the past week alone, I felt like I'd aged five years. The monsters that had lived in the dark recesses of my mind now had form and face. As much crap as I'd given Gatlin about going out for a run or to hunt, as it stood, all I wanted to do was cower in my bed for a few days.

I sighed and pushed my stool back to stand.

One of the maids had come up a few minutes before and let me know that the masters expected me to come down to the study for a cordial, and as thunderously angry as Gatlin had looked when I saw him last, I wasn't about to disobey.

I made my way to the study beside the great room, resigned to whatever lecture greeted me when I got there, then slowed as I heard low male voices.

"She doesn't know any better, Gatlin. She's a country girl. I think you're being unfair."

Connor's voice, I was sure of it. And there was no question who they were talking about. How much had he told them?

"Exactly the reason she can't be left to go out alone."

The rusty baritone belonged to Lucian and I hovered closer to see if I could get a look at their expressions as they spoke. Judging by voice alone, it was safe to say that Lucian was at least three hundred percent more pissed at me than Gatlin had been, and that was saying something.

I took one step back and then two, suddenly convinced that calling on Hattie to have her let the masters know I was feeling under the weather was the best course of action.

Giving everyone a good night's rest to sleep on the whole thing seemed prudent, after all. They didn’t need me interrupting and jamming up the works more than I already had.

"Come on then, love. We can all smell you from a mile away."

I bit back a string of curses I'd overheard at the inn the week before and pinched my eyes closed as dread swept over me.

I stepped into the room, making sure to keep my gaze pinned to the massive globe in the corner. Initially, I'd thought Connor was on my side based on the conversation, at least, but he'd been the one to call me in.

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