Wicked Flames of Desire by Lily Thomas

Author:Lily Thomas [Thomas, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781717992703
Publisher: Lily Thomas
Published: 2018-07-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

It had been several hours since he’d left her sitting in the tent, or it at least felt that way.

When Daerrin finally strode through the tent opening, Roxanne couldn’t be any happier. At the moment, she was reliant on Daerrin for movement, and it made her regret her decision to bolt through the forest during dense fog.

Last night had not been the time or the place to try an escape, but she’d been desperate. Thoughts of her father kept plaguing her. She could only imagine how it must feel for him to lose his only child.

“I will have to carry you out of the tent.” Daerrin squatted down next to her sounding disgusted with the very idea of ever touching her again.

“Of course. Thank you.” Roxanne sat up so he could wrap an arm around her back and under her knees. As he lifted her up, her arms folded around his neck. His warm scent was mixed with sweat and horse. It drifted down to her causing her to want to breathe it in deeply, but she resisted the urge to bury her face in his shoulder.

Daerrin exited the tent and placed her on his saddle. Then he mounted up behind her on the horse and tucked one of his arms around her waist.

There was an iciness about him, and she wondered if she might have just ruined her blossoming relationship with the one person who’d been keeping her safe in this hostile world.

Men mounted up, their tents and supplies already packed up. A couple of fire giants jumped to pack up the last few tents, like Daerrin’s, as the fire giants headed out of the camp.

“It’s beautiful out here.” Roxanne tried to strike up a conversation, but he said nothing in return.

No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t get him to speak to her, so they spent a half-day in complete silence. It wore on Roxanne, but there was nothing more for her to say to him. If he didn’t want to talk, she couldn’t force him, but she could defend her position.

“What had you expected from me?” She huffed.

He said nothing.

“I’m a captive, and I saw an opportunity to escape.” She reasoned aloud, but still no response. “I know you would have done the same if you’d been in my shoes.” No one would want to be a captive for the rest of their life. He couldn’t pretend otherwise.

Daerrin jerked the stallion to a stop, and Roxanne was shoved against his forearm with the momentum.

“Thank you.” She grunted as she rubbed her sternum. “If you aren’t careful, you’re going to break some of my ribs.” She tried to dislodge herself from his gauntleted arm.

She expected a callous reply from him, but nothing came. Nothing. Was he ignoring her now?

Then Ler rode up beside them to talk to Daerrin, and Roxanne wished she knew what they were talking about, but they were speaking in their mysterious growls and grunts. All she was able to do was listen in with absolutely no clue as to what was being spoken.

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