The Wolf Prisoner (Prisoners of Scythia Book 1) by Lisa Daniels

Author:Lisa Daniels [Daniels, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Loss and Gain

For the first time that I could remember, I woke feeling happy. Stretching, I smiled and rolled over, expecting to encounter the warm body that had been so close every other morning. Nothing. I stretched out a hand, thinking perhaps he had moved a distance away for some reason I couldn’t fathom.

When I didn’t feel him, I sat up. “Bryce?” I asked into the emptiness.

There was no response. Frowning, I thought maybe he was playing a trick on me. “This isn’t funny. Where are you?”

Still no response.

“Look, if you aren’t going to respond to me, I’m going to remove this.” My hand touched the blindfold. “So if you don’t want me to hurt my eyes, you had better stop me.” I was surprised to find that it was much harder to remove the handkerchief than I had anticipated. Struggling with both hands, I finally managed to undo the knot. “See? I’m not kidding. If you don’t say something now, I’m going to remove this and finally get a good look at you.”

Silence met my threat.

“Fine,” I let the handkerchief fall, a smile firmly in place as I imagined what he would look like. Expecting him to be beaming at me from somewhere across the cell, I began to talk as I blinked against the dim lights, “You should have taken me seriously.”

As soon as my eyes adjusted, I was surprised to see just bars and a stone wall in front of me. Turning around, I blinked, trying to adjust my eyes to the darker parts of the cell. It was a lot smaller than I had thought, and I felt a bit claustrophobic. Putting that feeling aside, I scanned for the man who had taken care of me since the moment we had met.

“Bryce?” Now that I could see him, he had disappeared. “Bryce, this isn’t funny.”

A sound from behind me caused me to turn around a little too fast. I had not used my legs much, and the quick motion caused me to lurch to the side. Stretching out my arm, I hit the stone wall. Placing a hand on my forehead, I felt dizzy. Letting myself sink to the ground, it began to dawn on me that I could very well be alone now.

It had been a very long time since the idea of being alone had inspired fear. Now the thought seemed absolutely terrifying. “Bryce, please, where are you?”

Something nudged my hand. Shocked, I pulled away, my back hitting the wall. It was then that I noticed I was fully clothed. Bryce had made sure to put my clothes on before disappearing. It was a bit of a relief as one of the guards finding me in a state of undress would have invited attention I definitely did not want.

My mind was registering this as my eyes met a pair of golden eyes a few feet from me. At first, my mind completely rejected the sight.

In front of me was a wolf, his golden eyes the only thing that didn’t look capable of killing me.

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