Bride to the Alpha (The Wolf's Pet Book Two) by Aubrey Rose

Author:Aubrey Rose [Rose, Aubrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

After a short hour of soldiers swarming over the hillside with supplies, the tents were all raised in a circle around a clearing in the wood. The sun dipped below the horizon, and soon a large bonfire was blazing away in the center of the encampment.

I had to hand it to Alekk, he’d picked a good spot to camp. We were on the opposite edge of the ridgeline, and the bonfire smoke wouldn’t be visible in the dusk or afterward. And the mountain itself blocked out the view of the fire. We weren’t near any of the territory trails. It was a perfect spot to hide. Unless there were scouts coming from our pack, we would be completely invisible.

And there weren’t any scouts, I knew. There was nobody in my pack’s territory. My dad had ordered everyone to leave, and what would Alekk do when he found out that I had told him the truth? Would he kill me if I was useless to him? I hadn’t thought about it, but if there was no possibility of war, there was no reason for him to want to marry me.

The thought stabbed a sharp pain into my heart. I swallowed it back. We were so close to my territory, it would be easy for me to run away. Well, not easy, not with all the soldiers around now, but if I could slip away for a moment, I would be able to make it across the river and lose them that way, the same way Alekk had lost our tracker.

Looking out into the trees, I saw a soldier out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look at him, and he dropped his eyes. I looked around, finding more than a few soldiers who had to avert their stare.

Were they watching me because Alekk had told them to do so? Were they just curious about a human, or were they guarding me? I didn’t know, but I had the hint that escaping this camp might be a bit harder than I’d originally thought.

The bonfire blazed ever-higher, the flames licking up towards the sky.

I walked toward the fire, Alekk’s robes heavy around my shoulders. It was warm close by, and a half-dozen soldiers had set up skewers of meat. I realized with a shock that they’d killed a deer and field-dressed it before cutting off strips to eat. They weren’t carrying food if they didn’t have to. This was a highly efficient army, all wolves who were made to fight.

As if to echo my thoughts, two men began to circle each other in front of the fire. They tore their clothes off while circling.

I looked around. Nobody else seemed to think anything of the fight. Some of the other soldiers even shouted for them to hurry up and get started.

“Why are they fighting?” I asked a soldier.

“For the whore,” he said, spitting into the clearing. It was then that I saw Leah standing on the other edge of the clearing, watching the fight with folded arms.

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