Captured by You (Untamed) by Amber Hart

Author:Amber Hart [Hart, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Jospin

There’s something calming and magical about the forest at night. Here, I am nothing and everything. I am not Jospin the once-poacher or Jospin the disowned. Here I am the whistling wind when it slips between tree branches. I am the dull moonlight on millions of leaves.

I take the trail I know by heart. I think of the cottage I used to own. I remember many nights waking up to grab a drink of water or use the bathroom in the dark. I knew just where the couch and ottoman sat. The table, TV stand, and barstools too. I had every corner and angle memorized. Much like this jungle. I navigate the forest with little or no light. I duck under branches. I weave through trees. I avoid the part of the jungle where briars are the thickest. I make sure to pass around the small pond that nocturnal animals visit.

When I clear the densest part of the forest, I am bathed in moonlight once again. Under a beam of pale light, I reach the waterfall. Raven isn’t here yet; we agreed to meet, but I don’t know how she will escape the compound at night, especially with my father always watching.

I feel a grin start to form when I think about it. My Raven is brilliant. She infiltrated an entire poaching pack and passed herself off as an ally. She’s convinced them that she’s not a threat—for now. And I have no idea how she possibly did this, but I’m so proud. Or I would be so proud if I weren’t also extremely worried about her.

Swoosh.

The fluttering of wings all at once announces that birds are leaving because something is approaching.

Footsteps follow, and I know that Raven is here. Her pale hair is the first thing I see, highlighted by moonlight. Clovis walks beside her, and stops when they are finally near.

“I’m going around the back of the waterfall,” Clovis tells her. “To guard where you can’t.”

It’s a smart move, to protect our backs. Raven and I can keep an eye and ear on the forest in front of us, and even off to the sides, but we cannot see behind us, where the waterfall plunges off a rocky cliff into a pool. This is where Clovis will go to watch for enemies. It’s exactly what I would have done.

“Thanks,” she says, and watches him leave for a moment before turning back to the pool.

She scans the area, trying to find me. Then she does, I know, because a smile lights her face and she switches track a little, moving to the left to reach me where I sit on a rock, waiting for her. And once again I am proud, because it was a test. I wanted to see how well Raven is doing. I try to ignore the stab of jealousy I feel over the fact that Clovis is the one teaching her so well; instead, I concentrate on the fact that Raven just found me in a pocket of darkness.

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