Chapter 11
Sharon struggled fruitlessly against the rope that bound her wrists together. Looking around she found herself sitting on the ground of the tunnel. She felt foolish for having been taken in such a state. She had just finished her business and was pulling her pants up when a dizzy wave hit her. The next thing she knew, strong hands gripped her arms and painfully pulled her away from MarIK.
When she screamed, someone hit her jaw and knocked her unconscious. She wasn’t sure how long she was out, but whoever carried her didn’t bother making sure to treat her with care. She had bumps and bruises on her arms and legs, and her head hurt like a son of a bitch.
“You’re finally awake, good.”
She looked up at the voice that she recognized. “OrIN.”
“Where’s your deference, female? It’s Prime Leader OrIN to you or in this case...master.”
“You’re not my master.”
“He is not, but I am.” A new voice said from the dark recess of the tunnel they were in.
She watched as yellow eyes in the darkness soon joined the shadows to form the face of a male…if he could be called that. He had a bald head, but his body was a sickly pale color and he had a smell to him — very unpleasant.
“Who the hell are you?”
“I’m Commander Tonan of the Morin nation.”
“We need to keep moving,” one of the Lieutenants said to OrIN.
“You dare to tell me what I should do?”
“Sir...it’s just that…”
“Enough! Go help guard the tunnel.”
OrIN turned to the Morin. “We probably should keep moving. I don’t approve of us stopping.”
The Morin was undressing her with his eyes. “We stopped because your males were damaging the female. We needed to access her injuries. Why do I sense your fear?”
She watched as OrIN’s face turned red. “I’m not afraid. I am just wary of staying too long in the same area. We could be attacked.”
“We have more males than your traitors. They would be outmatched. Do you really think that they would come for just one female?”
“You did, and yes, MarIK would come for her.” OrIN responded with absolute certainty.
“I will not give her up until we have achieved what we wanted,” Tonan looked at her once more.
Sharon shivered with dread. She thought that most of the Morin males lost their ability to have sex, but there had been a few cases where females were recovered who had been abused. She would fight to the death to keep that from happening to her if she had the strength. However, she was no match for the number of them that she would have to fight off. Her best chance was to play the dumb helpless female, get these damn ropes off of her, and make a run for it. How hard could that be?
“Grab the girl. This time be more careful,” OrIN ordered his men.
When the warrior pulled her up to her feet, she went slowly as if she was still dizzy. The purist warrior grunted his displeasure when she stumbled.Wow, these guys are real gentlemen, Sharon thought.
OrIN was up ahead with the Morin commander. She glanced to the side and caught glimpses of more yellow eyes. Shit! Even if she got away from her bodyguard, she would have to get past the yellow-eyed bastards. She needed a weapon but all she had on her at the moment was her mind.
“So, you just follow whatever OrIN says, huh?” she asked the warrior holding her.
“OrIN is our leader. I follow the orders of my leader. I’m not a traitor like Commander MarIK,” the warrior said MarIK’s name with a sour face.
“Are you jealous that he’s more of a male than you?”
The man jerked her arm angrily. “He’s not honorable!”
“He is. Do you really believe that OrIN is the true leader of the Katieran Nation? Would your Goddess approve of him aiding the Morins?” She could tell she was getting to him. “What kind of male allows for an innocent female to be harmed or killed?”
