Maddox stayed close by as my body trembled out its panic. Exhausted, I lay down and tried not to dwell on my thwarted escape. Of course my captor, a hard muscled warrior in his prime, would track and catch me. I tried to forget the way his arms had felt locked against my body.
“I must go,” Maddox said. “I will be back before sundown. Ragnvald is sane enough to protect you. You’re safe enough in the cave.”
I refused to answer. My one hope was that this Ragnvald man-wolf would free me again.
Maddox continued as if reading my thoughts. “Ragnvald will not unchain you again. Our minds are linked once more. He knows how much we need you.”
I lay all day and pondered that cryptic statement. Mostly I dozed, my body shot through with the aftermath of excitement.
Maddox returned at sundown as p
