Chapter Twenty-Six
"Really, this is the safest place to be." Shanti could hardly believe the words coming out of her mouth.
She sat across from the females. The Eloheem had left them alone with Shanti as they fled the scene of the destruction. It had been a trying few days for Shanti.
She'd thought she'd died. Found the love of her life. Been abducted. Fallen under the spell of her true love's domineering brother. Been abandoned. And now she was not only doing the rescuing, she was insisting that her former cage was safe.
"Did they abduct you too?"
This came from the younger girl. She wasn’t quite a woman. Perhaps fourteen or so? She had large hazel eyes. Her thick hair was pulled back and tamed in a bun at the base of her skull. She wore a vest overtop of a frilly shirt that was like
