Chapter Four
A Strange Cruelty
Unlike the three women who accompanied Paige to Valhalla, she didn’t stay in a dark cell. She saw them at various times. They were always bound, being led somewhere, and usually had fresh, bright marks on their backs and asses. They glared at her, and Paige could only guess what they were thinking. Who was she to get such preferential treatment? She was obviously some kind of queen in this little society. She must have been the mole in the compound to keep them calm until Milady and the gorillas showed up. If they weren’t so tightly bound; they’d probably tear Paige apart.
But watching them, and others who were made to submit, stirred deep emotions in Paige. It started as a small seed of longing and grew into something that threatened to consume he
