SUSPICION (SAVAGE AFFECTION #1) BY FELICITY BRANDON – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Felicity Brandon
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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The Cold
Ella Bennett
The first thing Ella noticed was the cold. The chill crept along her
legs until she curled into a tight ball, but still, the bitter air gnawed, biting
at her fingers and toes as she huddled, searching for heat.
Later, the chill became a nagging friend, plaguing her until the
temperature tempted her from her sleep. Stirring, she acknowledged how
uncomfortable she was and that no matter how hard she tried, she
couldn’t lift her hands to pull the blankets higher around her body.
Why?
The question resonated between the remaining layers of her
subconscious, her head aching as she tried to grasp for answers.
Why am I so cold?
Ultimately, it was bird song that roused her entirely, the sound of
busy feathered friends making nests that persuaded her weary head that
perhaps her discomfort wasn’t only a bad dream. Blinking open her
eyelids told a perplexing tale—a story of leaves, sticks, and hard earth.
I’m outside?
At least the discovery explained her sore limbs and the type of
cold that had sunk into her bones. But why was she sleeping out in the
open?
Swallowing back on her rising anxiety, she tried to pull herself
upright against the bark of what looked like an enormous and ancient
tree. That was when the reality that ought to have been obvious dawned
on her. She understood why she wasn’t able to move her hands properly.
I’m tied up! Terror ricocheted around her tired body, shattering
any lingering drowsiness. What the hell has happened to me?
Straining against the fetters she could feel at her wrists, she forced
herself back against the tree trunk. Lifting her head, she took in her
surroundings. Trapped inside what looked like a brand-new sleeping bag,
her body was confined. She lifted her wrists to the top of her fabric
prison, finally able to make out what was binding her. To her dismay, she
realized it was a thick and coarse rope, and by the way she was struggling
to part her feet, there was something similar securing her ankles.
“What happened?” Her breath was irregular as she struggled to
recall.
Ella hadn’t gone to sleep outdoors. She knew that much. She
didn’t even like hiking, let alone camping, and even if she’d been crazy
enough to indulge in such an outdoor pursuit, she’d never have been
foolish enough to go to sleep without a tent—preferably one of those
huge two-man types with a separate area for washing and space for a
large air mattress.
“I didn’t do this.” There was power in saying the words out loud,
as though the birds whistling overhead somehow judged her for her
predicament. “I didn’t come here, didn’t bind myself!”
She yanked against the rope holding her hands together, as if one
tug was all it would take to separate them. Frustrated to find her
liberation was not so easy, she tried to take stock. Closing her eyes, she
fought to recollect how she’d ended up there.
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