What had changed him?
Despite the sudden change in him, a small part of me—the part I hated—wondered if I could use this opportunity to learn more about him, to find his weaknesses, and, most importantly, to find a way to escape.
We stepped outside, and I froze when I saw the horses waiting by the entrance. Four of them—two for the guards and two for us. Their coats gleamed under the morning sunlight, and they shifted restlessly.
“Horses?”
“Yes, Lisa. Horses. Or did you think we were taking a car into the depths of the forest?”
I glanced at the horses and then at Alpha Nathan, unsure of what was expected of me. My place had always been clear—I was a slave, his slave. Why would I be riding a horse? Surely, he didn’t intend for me to—
“You’ll walk beside me,” he said casually, confirmi
