Hours ticked by. Rose was still trapped in the cave with a handful of dragons and a group of women. With each passing minute, her anxiety twisted tighter and tighter. Why hadn"t Maryk talked to her? Why hadn"t he let her help? Where was he? Was he okay? Not knowing was killing her. She needed to get out of here. She needed answers. She peered out the entrance of the cave, but there wasn"t much to see. Blue sky. More mountains. Big drop down to the valley. Then the next round of questions started up in her head. Had Maryk followed her because he"d found her letter? Did Zale know now? Would either of them come and carry her out of here? Because without a dragon escort, she"d be stuck here. She turned her attention to her fellow inmates. The group of women who"d been at the ranch after

