I did notice that the one in the water with me had brown eyes and the one on the bank had a lighter color.Blue or green, probably.The one in the water with me, pushed me up onto the bank. The other grabbed me under the armpits and tugged me up onto the mud.“Whoo…” The one on the bank gave a half whistle. “Far prettier than Kareni let on.”Kareni. There wasn’t enough profanity in all the world to express what I was feeling that moment.Of course, she sent them.The madam was the most awful woman in Ferus history, I was certain.“Who are you?” I said in annoyance.“Reimus.” The brown eyed one said.“Verias.” The green eyed one added.“Feral Fey.” I sighed. Knowing how violent the breed could be.Reimus who still had a grip on my hips nodded.Verias tipped his head to look down at me.“We’re going to have a bit of fun with you before we take you to Kareni.”“Fine.” I said tight lipped. Shaking my head in aggravation. “But don’t finish in me. And be quick so we can be on our way before

Gray descended like a thundercloud and Verias who was thinner and shorter only had time to throw his hands up in surrender before Gray hit him with an uppercut that knocked Verias off his feet and backward.“Stop!” He crawled backward with a hand still up.Lot of good that show of cowardice has done so far. Why keep trying?“Our prince will avenge us.”“I’m quite familiar with Prince Teros.” Gray said. “And I doubt he’d be particularly protective of you.” Gray followed with a vicious kick that dropped Verias limply to the dirt.I pulled up my pants and shoved the shirt down as Gray whirled around to come at me. Blue cape flying and gold chain mail shining as brightly as his gold-blonde hair as he stalked back to me. Putting a finger in my face. “I let you play your games. I give you, your freedom to find your own path, and what do you do?”I lifted my hands and shrugged. “Go for a morning stroll?”“The hell you did. You land your fool ass right in the hands of some kind of brute. I le

I was trying to make this venture as miserable for him as possible.The Pyre Army completely surrounded me, and Gray now had a rope tied around my wrist and his. Making me walk next to him.So, I walked as slow as possible.In-fact I’d tripped over a rock and now limped, slowing my pace even more.Purely by accident, of course.He was giving me several annoyed, sideways glances.The knights were looking at me like they planned on having me for their next meal. All of them watching me. Their eyes boreing into my back.I thought about taunting them, flirting with them to see if I could get one to turn on Gray. But logic kept me from doing that.There’s no guarantee if they can overpower him, I wouldn’t end up being entertainment for the whole army.That thought made me a little queasy, my stomach heaved.“Stop looking around for a way to escape.”“Fine.” I looked up at him sullenly. “Just tell me how than.”He snorted. “Since when do you consider me an ally?”“I don’t.”“Then why would

Staring at the bush as I waited for a bit of movement. I looked up at Gray. “Can I pee before we continue?"His suspicious look burned into my soul.“A woman has to pee, Gray. Not everything is more complicated than that.”“It is with you.” He wasn’t fooled for a moment.He nodded toward the trees behind us.I lifted my wrist. Pointing out that his was still hooked to it.“I’ll go with you.”“No!”“Yes.”“Leave me a hint of dignity, Gray.” I demanded.His brow lowered. Distrust written over every corner of his features. His jaw ticked and I sensed he had something cruel to say.I waited for it. Prepared to deliver a scathing retort. I had no intention of giving ground on this.He reached into a sheath under his right arm and pulled out a curved blade. Twirling it in his fingers before catching it in a fist. Giving me a dark look as he swept it up between our lists.My gaze didn’t waver on him, knowing he was too precise to ever nick me.There was a sudden, painful flash of a sunlit tr

Ouch. That was my first thought upon waking up. My head throbbed.I was on the back of a horse. Strung over it and tied at my ankles and wrists. I recognized the mount as the one that had been friendly enough to tolerate me before.A nice horse really.My head was humming. And I could see a bit of blood on my shoulder from where my head had seeped.They’d hit me with a rock. That much was clear.I lifted my head as much as the pain would allow and saw that we were surrounded by more horses. At least two skins rode horses nearby.“Why did she send them?” Verias was asking his brother.“She didn’t trust we’d bring her back.” Reimus said from next to me. Nodding toward me, I assumed.“I don’t want to give her to the woman.” Verias said.“I, neither.”“How are we going to get rid of the Skins?” Verias whispered.“We’ll have to kill them when we get a bit closer. Right now we need to keep moving as far away from the Pyre Army as we can. Soon as the horse’s have rested a bit more, we’ll run