The Wolf Princess by Karen Whiddon

Author:Karen Whiddon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Nocturne
Published: 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

A gloating Katya locked her in a small, windowless room that Alisa suspected might have once been a storage closet, and left. Feeling as though her breath had been cut off, Alisa began to pace. Not only did she hate being confined to small spaces, but being separated from Braden felt oddly akin to the sensation of missing a limb.

This was new and wasn’t good. Despite making love, Braden still had not mentioned feeling connected to her in the way mates were. If he didn’t…she’d have no choice but to learn to live without him. And if this awful, yearning ache was any indication, she’d be finding life after Braden unbearable, to say the least.

Assuming, that is, she lived that long. She didn’t understand why the extremists had separated them to begin with. Actually, since they plainly viewed her as some sort of deviant, she wondered why they hadn’t simply killed her on the spot.

Perhaps they realized the repercussions from her father and his allies would be too fierce. But they had to know also when her family realized she and Braden had been abducted, no stone would be left unturned as they searched for her. Maybe they intended to ransom her.

Pacing, she took a second look at her cell. Whatever the space’s original purpose, no one had bothered to paint the gray cement walls or floor. Cold, damp and musty. This place looked like either a basement or a storm cellar. Either way, she saw no way to escape.

At least her prison cell had a small lavatory, complete with a sink and a commode. Every comfort of home, she told herself, furious at the knowledge that she was helpless, completely at their mercy.

While Braden… As she dropped onto the thin cot that comprised her bed, fear and anger knotted inside her. Were they torturing him at this very moment, seeking to pry information from him that didn’t yet exist? Though she hated to think so, she had to be realistic. Otherwise, why would they have taken him?

Swallowing, she couldn’t help but feel that this was all her fault. If only she could have been normal, at least on the surface. Such a thing would have been very easy to do. Just shape-shift at regular intervals and keep her mouth shut. No one would have been any wiser. Instead, she’d become a sort of minor celebrity among the Pack. The girl who wouldn’t change.

She couldn’t remake the past, but she sure as heck could try to influence the future. She’d have to watch, be vigilant, get ready to take a chance. As a royal, she had never lifted a hand to anyone or anything. These people wouldn’t expect her to fight back. When the opportunity came, and she had to believe it would, she’d take it. For Braden, if not anything else. She couldn’t let him pay for her imagined sins.

Though he didn’t know it yet, every part of her belonged to Braden. Her heart, her body and her mind.

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