Suspicion: A Dark Romance Kidnap Thriller (Savage Affection Book 1) by Felicity Brandon

Author:Felicity Brandon [Brandon, Felicity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Suffering and Solace

Ella

Darkness. Long hours of the black shroud swirled around her, splintered only by the occasional howl of what sounded like a wolf. Her pulse accelerated at the primal shrieks, although the noise brought distraction from her frustration and agony.

Agony?

Was that too strong a word?

Rolling her neck around between her shoulders as best she could manage with the hindrance of her clothing half obstructing her movement, Ella couldn’t decide. She was definitely in pain. The ropes cutting into her wrists were no friend, and neither was the gag nor the position Tucker had left her in.

Asshole.

She swallowed as she thought of Tucker. His slow and rhythmic breathing had been coming from the nearby bale ever since he’d turned down the wick and extinguished the oil lamp. He’d done that. Even though she’d implored him for light in the first place, even though he must have realized she’d be scared. Still, he’d snuffed it out. He’d left her in the dark.

Just like he’s snuffed out my freedom.

Her calves tensed at the thought of what else he could do.

“Fuck.”

She muttered the word under her breath, conscious not to wake him, yet at the same time not giving a damn if she disturbed his beauty sleep.

How has this happened?

She’d asked the question at least a hundred times since she’d woken up in the woods, and still, her situation made no sense.

Had her father genuinely offered her to Tucker to pay his debt? Blinking into the shadows, she tried to reconcile what her captor had told her. She wouldn’t put it past Alexander. He was hardly father of the century, but still… to sell her to Tucker in exchange for what he owed—was he truly that awful?

Probably.

Her tummy twisted at the insidious reality. Her father was that terrible, and she was derived from that same miserable source.

But to sell her—to offer her in exchange for money—that was dreadful even by Alexander’s own low standards.

Straining her memory, she struggled to recall what Tucker had told her about her father when he’d found her in the forest, but her recollections were hazy at best. The day had been long and the night even longer. She couldn’t say for sure.

One thing was for certain, though. Ella didn’t belong to either of the men. She wasn’t anyone’s to offer. She was her own woman, and just as soon as she got herself out of this pit, she’d make sure they both paid for their decisions.

“Fuckers.” She mouthed the word as best she could around the plastic ball between her teeth, exulting in the satisfaction of it on her lips. She still couldn’t believe the prick had shoved the gag there or how much her jaw was aching as a consequence, but it was good to be able to articulate something of her vexation.

Men.

Her nails dug into her palms as the word resounded in her mind. Men were bastards. In fact, dangling from Tucker’s blasted ropes, she struggled to think of a single man in her life who hadn’t tried to fuck her over in one way or another.

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