Tamed by a Tiger (Eternal Mates 13) by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Felicity Heaton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

The journey had been long, and far more than just physically tiring for Maya. She trudged the path through the dense forest, following on Grey’s heels, her heart still aching in her chest as fear slowly built inside her, fear that the male she was about to meet would be as bad as Talon had heard.

Gods, she felt awful for leaving Underworld without saying goodbye to her brother.

The need to run before she had a chance to change her mind had been at the helm, driving her away from him and away from August.

She missed them both.

She had only known August a short time, but he had carved out a part of her heart for himself, and that part ached fiercer than the rest, blazed with fire that wouldn’t abate. She feared it would burn forever, never giving her peace, always reminding her of what she had done.

Grey glanced back at her, concern and warmth in his blue eyes. The sunlight filtering through the trees played across his silver hair and over the shoulders of his black coat. He adjusted the bags on his shoulder, sighed and faced forwards again.

“It’s still not too late to turn back,” he said, quietly enough that she knew he was warring with himself again, torn in two just as she was.

He didn’t want her here, didn’t want to hand her over to the Altay pride’s alpha, Pyotr, and definitely didn’t want to leave without her.

Doubt trickled into her heart and her steps slowed.

Grey turned to face her. “You don’t have to do this, Maya.”

She didn’t.

She glanced over her shoulder.

She could turn back right now and run far from this place, run to where her heart wanted to be.

She clenched her fists at her sides.

She couldn’t.

Pyotr was expecting her, and if she didn’t show up, he would send males to her pride to bring her to him. When they found she wasn’t there, those males would attack her kin, and they would hurt Byron.

Grey’s hand came down on her shoulder, a touch that took her back to the streets of London, before she had met August, before her heart had been thrown into turmoil, torn between two males.

Byron hurt her at times, but he was trying to do what was best for the pride.

She had to do her best too.

She lifted her gloved hand and placed it over Grey’s on her shoulder, and raised her eyes to meet his blue ones. Gods, she was going to miss him most out of all her brothers. He had been her best friend for decades, her shoulder to cry on and her staunch protector.

Who was going to be that for her now?

She looked beyond him, to the distance where the trees thinned and smoke curled lazily into the air above their branches.

She knew no one in that village, not even the male she was meant to wed.

She would be alone.

She was sure her parents hadn’t meant for things to happen this way, that they had planned for

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