Hideaway (Stolen Away Series Book 1) by Willow Prescott

Author:Willow Prescott [Prescott, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

IT was hunger that at last drew Kara from her den of despondency. She was nearly resolved to starve for the day rather than subject herself to the sight of Cade’s abhorrent face. But, as she would eventually have to make her descent into humiliation at some point, Kara chose to cross hunger off her list of emotions keeping rage and misery company. She planned to entertain the latter two for the foreseeable future.

It seemed an endless walk down the stairs to the large, unwelcoming foyer. At that moment, Kara desperately wished that the garish chandelier that hung above would unlatch itself and fall on her appreciative head. There was a ruckus coming from the dining room with shouts of good humored banter and Cade’s hateful voice among them. Taking a deep breath and gritting her teeth in irritation at the sheer audacity of the bastard to find himself so pleasurably entertained, Kara entered the dining room. The clatter of utensils scraping against plates stopped instantly, and the din of voices fell silent. Kara stared into a sea of eyes marked by amusement and intrigue; Cade’s eyes held something more, but she couldn’t discern what. Attempting to ease the rocky tension between them, he rose gallantly to pull out a vacant seat for Kara. She ignored him completely, making her way to the opposite end of the table and as far away from Cade as she could manage. Cade’s face fell slightly, his expression a mixture of injured feelings and concern, but he said nothing.

Jace openly studied Kara as she walked about the room, his eyes roaming over every inch of her body with an intensity that differed from his usual leering. There was a calculated appraisal in his gaze that made her even more uncomfortable than usual, Jace’s eyes narrowing angrily as though her appearance had been deemed unsatisfactory in some capacity. Whatever the fuck that was about, Kara ignored him as well. The others merely stared, lacking the proper manners to avert their gaze after an unsavory amount of time spent gawking. Kara rolled her eyes as though she shouldn’t have expected anything more from Cade’s criminal underlings and made her way toward the table laid with breakfast. Thankfully, the murmurs in the room began to grow once again, conversations of market values and possible acquisitions dispersing the silence as Kara set about appeasing her hunger in peace.

“You still seem to be in one piece,” Jace commented darkly, his scathing gaze moving from Kara to Cade, an open challenge in his eyes.

“Leave it alone, Jace,” Cade dismissed shortly. “Kara’s actions have been dealt with.”

Refusing to get involved in their argument, though she seemed to be the topic of the disagreement, Kara made her way around the table to fill her plate with pastries, fruit, and yogurt. Deciding that she would call even more attention to herself by eating while standing, Kara eyed her chair warily, sucked in a deep breath, and sat down. She winced as the chair came into contact with the bruises of twenty two lashes courtesy of Caden Ashford’s belt.

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