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Today's tease is from 'Captive Wolf' paranormal suspense set to release from Siren in November
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Ryder dozed
fitfully, suddenly jerking fully awake at the sound of the bolts and lock
opening on the door behind him. He stared ahead hoping it was the young woman
and not one of the hunters back to break his spirit further trying to force him
to shift.
The young
woman passed him as the door closed with a creak. She placed a tray on the
table and dropped a bottle of water she’d had clasped between her arm and upper
body into her hands, catching it and uncapping it as she came toward Ryder. She
levelled her blue eyes on him.
“You look a
little better. Not much, but in less pain. Are you?”
Ryder
struggled to take a breath to answer. The chest straps still pressed too much
to take more than a shallow breath. “Not really.”
She let him
drink and then put the bottle on the table. As she crossed the room back to
him, her expression held sympathy. “I’m going to do something for you, but you
have to promise me you’ll not try to escape. There’s a man with a rifle outside
the door and although he’ll not kill you, he will lame you, and that will be
very bad. Promise?”
Ryder
slumped, dispirited. He didn’t want to promise this kind young woman he
wouldn’t try to escape, because he’d told himself that at the first opportunity
he would. It had kept him going through the early days and nights of torture
before he was too injured to think straight.
Copyright Elodie Parkes 2015 Siren Publishing
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Great snippet, Elodie, well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a difficult position. Great tease.
ReplyDeleteSweet tease, Elodie, and a hard place to be. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tease, Elodie!
ReplyDeleteGreat tease, Elodie :-)
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