Chapter 4: A Warning
Why had he halted here? Roshène was sure he could hear her heart’s rapid beat as she unclasped her hands, finger by finger, from around his waist. On a deserted road in the middle of nowhere, whatever he was planning wouldn’t be good for her. She glanced around, making out the pale boles of the trees in the darkness, wondering how far she would get with the stupid tracker making it easy for him to find her. “We’re stopping here?” Her voice wobbled.
“For your peace of mind, I’m not planning to do away with you and bury your body in the woods.” The tightness of his words told her his patience was wearing thin. “We need a place to camp.”
“Camp?” she squeaked. What did that mean? A vague picture of sitting with her mother by a fire at night under the stars, watching spa
