CHAPTER 10

I looked in the other direction as Lucian picked up his clothes from the other end of the forest and put them on. The sun wasn’t even fully out yet, and with the canopy of trees, the forest was pretty cold. But I was hot. So hot. My cheeks were blazing hot and I just knew that I was red as a tomato. Beads of sweat ran down the front of my thin top. I was starving, my throat was dry, and my thigh was starting to throb again. I felt light headed. More sweat pooled around my forehead. But i knew that the sweat and the heated cheeks had nothing to do with the weather or my health. It had everything to do with the naked 6 foot man behind me. I forced saliva down my throat. I was standing as still as possible, scared to even move.

When Lucian revealed who he was, I almost broke down in tears of joy. I didn’t think running away all alone would be so hard. And it just showed how much of a sheltered life I had gotten used to. I never realized that they were truly bad people out there. I though