The Dragon Villain's Prey_A Paranormal Romance by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Ivarsson

Shortly after Dominique had left in tears, the guards came back and none too gently dragged him back to his cell. There, he was left without visitors for two days. The isolation was almost enough to drive him crazy. He was used to being alone, preferring his own company to other people’s in most instances. There was a reason why he’d chosen such a deserted farmhouse, and it wasn’t all merely for practical reasons.

But here, the space was so tiny. True, it was large enough to pace about in, big enough that he didn’t feel like he was suffocating. But it was too small to shift. Too small to run. Too small to really burn off his energy. He had to settle for repetitions like jumping jacks, and they were hardly enough to block the thoughts from his mind. Or the image of Dominique’s face after she had hit him.

So, to block that out, he turned his mind to thoughts of escape. The cell was solid, there would be no breaking out through brute strength. That meant he would have to use his intellect. The deal Indulf had offered him was the prime starting point—if it was still on the table. Assuming it was, then he could pretend to help Indulf. Give them a few small victories before insisting on going along with them to take out the main base.

He knew that they had at least one dragon in their clutches. That should be a tantalizing enough bait to get Indulf to snap it up. And if that wasn’t enough… Well, Dominique seemed determined to see him as something other than what he was. Determined to think of him kindly, to search for compassion and unselfishness in him. He could use that, providing that he hadn’t blown it with his hastiness when she came to offer him the deal.

If he could get through to her, play on her compassion, then he might have a better chance at getting Indulf to agree that he could go with them on the final raid. Or at the very least, a new location where he could slip away without them hardly even noticing it. If worse came to worst, he’d have to fight his way free.

Because a prison, no matter what comforts he was promised, was still a prison. The hardest freedom was preferable over the softest cage.

He walked to the door and beat his fist on it, hoping that a guard could hear—and that they’d respond, rather than just leaving him to rot. He needn’t have worried, though. It wasn’t long before there was an answer, the little slot in front of the grating opening to reveal a guard’s heavily scared face. He must have gone through something horrible to have that sort of permanent damage, rather than healing without a mark left behind.

“What do you want?”

Ivarsson resisted the urge to croon something sarcastic back at him. That wouldn’t help his case at all. “I want to talk to Dominique.”

The guard narrowed his eyes before slamming the grating shut.

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