PUZZLE PIECE 21
JADE’S TALE – THE COTTAGE
Sweet, gentle horse ride,
An approaching entombment,
I hope to escape!
Crystal Cottage lights guide me.
To Aphrodite—the b***h!
Jade had spent time with Ryder alone in his home, which she’d never done before. Apart from the sweet and sunny welcome, she couldn’t remember any details. But, contrary to this, her bruised black lips, weird black marks above her breasts and the strange unfamiliar scratches on her neck suggested a dangerous encounter. She feared she had endangered herself inexplicably. And yet, contrary to all sense, she was fascinated by his strangeness. Ryder had left an indelible touch on her skin which smouldered with an unnatural, but exciting, heat. A promise she’d made kept on whirling in her mind. The special task he’d entr
