The Taken by Nikki Hunter

Author:Nikki Hunter [Hunter, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Escape

Noise rose and fell like the waves of the ocean as Camila sat on the edge of her cot, her hands knotted under her chin. She could hear the party and see the outline of silhouettes against her tent as they danced around a roaring fire. The smell of alcohol in the air was so thick she could almost taste it. Two men still stood outside her tent, but she could hear them call over to the party goers longingly. She doubted they would make it the night without venturing over for a drink or two.

Quietly she walked over to the desk, trying to get a better glimpse of the men through the small opening of its entrance. Camila leaned forward, avoiding the cake she purposefully left. She fought the urge to roll her eyes as she thought back to Vargan’s comments. His attempt to get under her skin had worked, too well, but she was going to use that fire within her and channel it into an escape plan.

An uproar of humored shouts erupted to her left but she never took her gaze off of the guards. They were in wild conversation, their hands lifting as they spoke, taking turns leaning backwards as a healthy laugh shook them. As if they might find any noise she made suspicious, she tiptoed around the desk, easing into the chair.

She sat watching, waiting, calculating.

A shriek rose over the noise of the party, a terrifying sound really. The guards’ hands quickly dropped to their swords and they ran toward the sound. Leaving Camila’s exit wide open. Fools. She wasn’t waiting for another opportunity. She was ready now. If the noise had been some sort of danger, surely the danger wasn’t as bad as being a sitting duck waiting for the slaughter. She peeled back the flaps of the tent, glancing towards the crowd with their backs turned away. Now.

Camila lunged for the tree line close to the tent, making it firmly behind a tree before the guards turned back to stand their posts. The shadows from the fire rose up and down in a dance all their own against the surrounding trees. Rough bark against her back reminded her to move, to find her way out.

More clearings lurked everywhere she turned, spaces with tents, areas that could possibly hold people who would stop her from escaping. She hadn’t seen much when Vargan had brought her in, and she didn’t have sense enough about her even if she had wanted to.

She didn’t have a clue where she might go, or how far she would have to run to get out but she ran. Wind picked up her brown locks and tossed them over her shoulder, low lying branches and brush brushing over her black uniform. If she could just get far away, long enough for her magic to return…she could get back to Lance, Zayn, Yehven, Kade, and Bekket.

Leaping over a large root of an oak tree, Camila swore as the root lifted and caught her foot.

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