Taming The Wolf by Deborah Simmons

Author:Deborah Simmons
Language: ron
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Marion sat hugging herself in the darkness, wondering just how much time she had. All during the long ride home she had tried to think of a way to escape, but Goodson and his men kept a close watch upon her. He was her uncle's minion, hard and lean and cold as driving sleet, and he knew, more than Dunstan had ever dreamed, just how much she did not want to return to Baddersly.

There had been no opportunity on the way home, nor had there been a chance since her arrival, for her uncle had taken one look at her and had her locked away. How long would he keep her here? Marion froze in horror when she considered that he could starve her to death. But no. She would find a way out before then. She had escaped before, and she would do it again.

If only she were not so tired; she could barely think properly. The old fears that had been so much a part of her life at Baddersly crept back insidiously, and a keening grief at the loss of Dunstan waited to overwhelm her if she would but let it.

Just when her mind threatened to break, a silent and stiff Fenella brought her bathwater and some food, and Marion bathed and dressed in clean clothes.

That small luxury revived her, and hunger forced her to eat, even though she wondered if each bite was laced with poison.

When no summons came from her uncle, Marion lay down upon the bed, fully dressed, intending to form a plan of escape, but her mind was soon crowded with thoughts of her long dead parents, the de Burgh brothers and Dunstan.

At least he was alive and away from here, safe and well, she thought, taking her only comfort in that before she drifted into a restless slumber.

Chapter Thirteen

Disturbed by a noise, Marion awoke with a start, fear coursing through her as she remembered who she was and where she slept.

Her first thought was that her uncle was at the door, ready to slip in and murder her in her bed, but then she heard it again, the rasping of metal against stone. She froze, her body immobile but for wide eyes that turned in the direction of the grating sound. In the utter darkness of her room, she found the lighter midnight of her window. Was something hanging over the sill?

Although she wanted to close her eyes and remain where she was, Marion knew that she could hardly lie prone, waiting for a possible attack.

Forcing herself to move, she rose as silently as a wraith and crept along the wall toward the opening. Her heart thudded in her ears, threatening to deafen her when she realized that a pickax was slung through the open shutters. As Marion watched, it jerked, embedding itself more firmly, and she saw that a rope was tied securely around it, taut and swaying as if...

Marion stifled a gasp as a huge shape filled the window. Stiff with horror, she frantically glanced about for something to use against the intruder.

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