The Gargoyle's Captive (A Deal With A Demon) by Katee Robert

Author:Katee Robert [Robert, Katee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trinkets and Tales LLC
Published: 2023-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

13

GRACE

I don’t know what I’m doing. If I had half a brain in my head, I would wait for Bram to lower his guard before attempting another escape. I would stack the deck in my favor as much as possible. I would ensure I had supplies enough to last me a week at least. I would do a lot of things.

I don’t do any of it.

It feels cliché to say today changed things. It didn’t. It can’t. Except . . . I get him a little better than I did before. I see him clearer.

I want him more.

I wait for the dead of night, and then I slip out of the castle using a different door than I did before. It doesn’t matter. I’m certain I can feel his eyes on me. I don’t head toward the lake—there’s not even a hint of an exit route that direction—but to the fields in the east. It’s a garbage tactical decision when my pursuer can take to the air.

I look over my shoulder into the sky, but it’s too dark, and the cloud cover hides everything from view. He could be directly overhead and I would never know it, not until he dived down and took me. Anticipation curls through me. Unforgivable, and yet it’s the truth. I pick up my pace until I’m jogging over the uneven ground. The tree line is to my right, but I’m not prepared to go there yet. The forest is all but impossible to navigate in the dark, and I don’t relish the idea of being caught in those webs again.

This is so foolish, I can’t even put it into words. What am I doing?

My only answer is a faint whistling sound. I barely register it at first. Then my instincts catches up to my brain, and I sprint toward the trees. It’s already too late.

Between one step and the next, rough hands hook under my armpits and wrench me into the air. The ground disappears beneath my feet as Bram cuts upward. Then the motherfucker tosses me, and I’m weightless for one horrifying breath before he catches me in his arms. At first, I think he might have done it to get a better grip on me, but as he turns for the castle, he does it again. He drops me, letting me fall for several seconds, then catches me again and takes us higher. Only to repeat the process again. Through it all, I don’t scream. I can’t tell if I’m afraid or furious or, gods help me, turned on.

I still don’t have an answer when he dives through a large window toward the top of the castle. I’m shaking, and I can’t seem to stop. There’s no way my legs will hold me. They don’t have to. Bram tosses me onto his bed and plasters a massive hand on my chest when I start to sit up. “I told you the consequences of your actions.”

Yeah, he really did. Knowing that I chose this is somehow all the more humiliating.

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