BOUGHT BY THE BEAST
He rode out alone, with his mate held tight against his broad, bare chest.
"Stop right there!" Marcus shouted through the speakers, his hand rising to signal the mercenaries on the wall. "One more step and I tell them to drop the winches!"
Caspian reined the stallion in at the marker. He didn't draw his sword. He didn't roar.
He simply reached down, his big hand closing over mine, and lifted my left arm into the cold afternoon air.
The heavy silver pendant of the First Moon Seal rested against my chest, catching the pale winter sunlight, its carved crescent moon gleaming with a quiet, undeniable authority.