Chapter Seventeen
That night, they huddled in pairs when they went to sleep. Back to back to warm each other. It was too cold for only the blankets. One man had sentry duty and swapped throughout the night with the other four soldiers. Carson ordered Shadow to bed down next to him. She didn’t argue, she didn’t want to risk anyone finding out her secret in the night. She pressed her back against Carson’s and was glad of his warmth.
The next morning, Shadow slowly woke. She felt surrounded by warmth and snuggled in, her eyes still tightly closed. The warmth around her tightened. Shadow’s eyes flew open and she saw a chest in front of her, the top few buttons of the shirt that covered it were open. She tried to pull back in surprise, but it was impossible. She felt like she was held by iron
