Chapter 10
The feeling of a wet tongue moving over her face waked cherry up. She jumped and opened her eyes tentatively. All she could see was hair. And a lot of it. She sat up jerkily and screamed. She heard chuckling. That sounded like Merlon. No! The sound wasn’t coming from this hairy monster that looked like a cross between a dog and a bear and was about the size of an Alsatian.
“Quax! Come here! The lady’s frightened of you,” she heard Merlon’s laughing voice say.
The monster jumped off the bed and ran to its master who was leaning against the doorframe, grinning from ear to ear.
“Good morning. Did you sleep well?” he asked, clearly in a very good mood.
Cherry could only stare at him. Why did he have to be so unashamedly attractive? She should be angry with him for abducting her
