by Ramona Gray
“I don’t know where they are, and I don’t even know what part of the forest I’m in. Could you – do you think you could help me find them?”
He hesitated and she gave him a pleading look as she balanced carefully on one leg. “Please? I’m sorry. I hate to ask you for help but I’m – “
“No,” he interrupted. “I have helped you enough.”
He expected her to beg, perhaps to start crying and wailing like so many females were prone to doing, but she only nodded and gave him an oddly gut-wrenching look of resignation. “All right. Thank you for your help.”
He frowned when she turned and limped deeper into the woods. She should have been heading for the edge of the forest, not deeper into it. A floran would be the least of her worries if she continued on.
“Human!” He shouted.
She flinched and gave him a tentative smile. “Yes?”
“Do not go that way. Go in that direction.” He pointed behind him and she nodded before limping toward him.
“Right, okay. Thank you.”
He frowned again as she moved slowly past him. Her face was unbelievably pale, even for a human, and he could see the blood flowing steadily from her leg. She was dressed in an astonishingly tiny skirt and odd-looking shirt that barely covered her small breasts. Her skin was covered in goose bumps, and he winced when she passed by him and he saw the multiple puncture wounds from the floran’s beak. All of them were bleeding freely and he couldn’t imagine how much pain she was in. The way she was bleeding she was lucky she hadn’t passed out.
As if she heard him, she stopped abruptly and swayed alarmingly before reaching for a tree with one shaking hand. She gripped the bark and dropped her head forward, taking a few deep breaths before coughing lightly.
“You’re okay, Sara,” she whispered to herself. “You’re okay, just – “
She swayed again and, as she crumpled to the ground, he ran forward and caught her before she could hit the hard floor of the forest.
She stared up at him with hazy eyes. “What’s your name?” She whispered.
“Radek,” he grunted.
“Radek,” she breathed before her eyes rolled up in her head and she fainted.
He studied her pale face before cursing loudly and lifting her into his arms. With a soft grunt, he carried her deeper into the forest.
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Books by Ramona Gray
The Escort
Saving Jax
The Assistant
One Night
Other World Series
The Vampire’s Kiss (Book One)
The Vampire’s Love (Book Two)
The Shifter’s Mate (Book Three)
Rescued by the Wolf (Book Four)
