her rib cage like a trappe

hard and did not let up as i

ced from the ground to him but fleetingly right before tho

he soft spot of her soles. Still, she dared not look behind her at her captor. He was silent and guiding wi

, Adara was burn

." did he notice how her collarbones stood out like wings alight? Or the sharp corners of her shoulders, t

ad been spoken of time and time again. Murders left around of their own kin

woods with a werewolf away from civilization. He was a run away with nothin

hours yet in reality, Adara was su

dawn on her. The moon was curved into a sharp thin smile, illuminating ju

joked as the sound of rippli

amiliar spot. Now that she could hear it, Adara was able to mentally

and that make her more

es, a nursing sensation from the sticks and stones he had pushed her th

ing to d

nts and the tense chill of water lapping around her ankles as he guided them across the river. I

had it not been for his unrelenting gr

place i

sile

ked when his fingers dug into her neck to steady her. Finally the

e clothes pressed to her chest. She began to look up at him only to flinch at

s of embers in those pitch dark eyes. The scar that curved his mouth. Those dark cresce

pt to lean back from him. He stayed

udden tone, as compared to the severi

d, "I alread

atience in his voic

behind a tree, before slowly turning her eyes onto him. "In G

hand drew a lazy circle on the forest floor. He seemed to be deep

far." It was a murmur

sidered speaking but thought otherwise. Sh

mans live in

n't k

any wo

augh that failed to cover the queasy feeling in he

he runni

d

away again, seeking for something that could not qui

ea

ine of bemusement formed

d that darkness. As if some other thing had shifted, a shadow

h

h

lacating a dog, "I'm skinny. I have no bones. All I have

as if this very conversation wore him to the bones. "F

rke

ome has

s conversation had come from lef

t her like

entered my home? When? My

was curt and with a wave of his hand, gestured at the river, "I broug

s eyes and the realization that he was anything but human kept her humble and meek before the man. Adara considered t

y..." a pause, "will that be all?" It was meant to sound calm, sw

ht. His eyes descended to her chest then legs, as though appraising her. There was n

the deception in his eye

en he

that i