Captive Wolf [The Venn Pack in Love 3] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Elodie Parkes

Author:Elodie Parkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2015-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Ryder had trouble sleeping. He gazed out into the semidarkness going over what Evie had told him, his thoughts churning until he sat up and reached for the bottle of water she’d left for him and drank some. He stood, running his hands through his hair, and paced the stall. He’d undressed to lie in the bed and breathed in the scent of herbs and jasmine that had transferred to his pillow and sheet from his lovely Evie. He called her that in his mind. My lovely Evie…my sweetness. What a strange thing to happen. Dragged here to this hellhole by hunters yet I met Evie. I am falling in love with her, if I don’t already love her. It feels good. It feels like love…like I always expected love to feel. It feels as if I recognize her somehow, as if we belong together, and when I said that I claimed her, it felt so real and so true. The words came from deep within. He went to the bars and gazed out. When Evie had reached around and keyed in the PIN number that unlocked the door, he’d stared at her in shock. He’d whispered urgently, “Why can’t we just leave now?”

It wasn’t part of her plan.

Ryder scented the air. Somewhere the freshness of night, mingled with straw and fresh-cut grass filtered into the stable block. He turned and went to lie on the bed with the quilt bulked in his arms so that he felt as if Evie was still there and sleeping.

A guard woke him by running a baton along the bars in the front of the stall.

Ryder sat up, disoriented for a moment before he realized it was the morning of fight night and the guard, not Evie, had brought food.

He aimed a shotgun at Ryder. “Stay on that side of the cell and we won’t have a problem. Here’s the only food you’ll get today so make it last. The shower room door is unlocked. All you gotta do is pull it open. I’ll be back for you at sundown.” He placed a tray on the floor and opened the door. Then he pushed the tray through the opening with his foot. He closed the door and walked off.

Ryder got out of bed. He went to the door that led to the steps and the shower room. The handle, which was merely a circle of metal on the door, gave no clue as to if the door was locked or unlocked. He held the handle and pulled. The door opened. Ryder took the steps to the shower room, wondering if he’d still be naked if Evie hadn’t brought him some clothes.

He used the facilities, but only when he was ready to ascend the steps back to his cell, did he look at his reflection in the mirror. The cuts and abrasions were healing a little, not as fast as Ryder would like, but that was probably down to shifting. His wolf bulk was so much more than his human form and the change would have unsettled the healing wounds.

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