“Wait! Where are you going? Don’t leave me here like this! What if a beast attacks me? Or another being?”
He stopped long enough to turn and shake his head. “I won’t let that happen, starshine.”
I know you won’t.
This male was capable of anything. She sighed and sank into her bonds, spinning around to entertain herself. She tiptoed out, as far as her toes could reach then let go and allowed her body to swing.
“Now you’re the one hurting yourself,” Tomis said drily, appearing once more. He carried a thin reed like the ones from the riverbed and a handful of small brown fruit.
She eyed the items doubtfully. “What are those for?”
He smacked the reed against his leg. “I think you can imagine.”
Her bottom clenched. Ouch. The reed would hurt. No worse than any beating she’d received from
