Chapter Six
Claudia stirred in her bed. Her left hand reached out to find that Sam wasnt there next to her, and she opened her eyes to look. Nope, he definitely wasnt there. She yawned and stretched and rolled on to her other side to look at her clock radio.
It was just a few minutes shy of ten a.m. She frowned. Why had Sam let her sleep so late? She listened for the sound of the shower. Nothing. Now she was concerned. She sat up, letting the bedclothes fall away from her. It was a little chilly in her bedroom, and she was reaching for her robe before she realized that she didnt seem to be chained to her bed this morning. Her collar lay on the floor on top of a loose coil of bright chain. She felt her neck with her hand. There was no collar there at all. Now she was sure that somethin
