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Chapter Seven
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JOGUG:
“LET ME GO!”
“Nay, wench. Hold still so you don’t hurt yourself.”
Normally I would never follow orders, but I’m so surprised by his even tone, I’m shocked into doing as the biernak commands. I’m used to barked orders, shouts to wake, cold river water doused across my face to wake me.
I’m never cradled tenderly as if I’m made of glass.
The shock drags on and on. He ties me with cloth, not rough rope. I could get free as soon as he’s not watching. Somehow, I think he knows this. Mayhap he thinks to constantly watch me? To test me? To punish me if I fail?
He clucks his tongue for the horse. “Tobias, come.”
When the majestic animal nears, he crouches as if kneeling for us. My mouth drops. He’s trained. Who does that?
But this male—this Bakog—thinks nothing of it as he gathers me easily into his arms and jumps onto the animal and then kicks him into a high-speed trot as if he’s eager to leave the territory.
I can hear the beating of his heart against my ear. Smell the earthy, salty smell of his sweat. Not unpleasant at all... just utterly male.
A sexy, well-formed male in his prime.
Very unlike my own mate.
I want to taste this male’s sweat. Lick out and feel the saltiness against my tongue. Ridiculous.
Eventually he allows the horse to slow.
“How did you get free?” I demand, struggling in his arms, as if he’ll answer.
To my surprise, he does. “You were shocked when Tobias greeted you. I used that distraction to take you down. I regret needing to render you unconscious, but I had to free myself so you wouldn’t hurt me before finding out who you really are.”
I was amazed at his horse greeting me. “Just because you have your steed trained like a show-monkey...”
His bark of laughter surprises me further. “You trained him. I called him a show-monkey, but still gave you your way.”
I frown. His words make no sense.
“You are not Jogug of the Blackhearts. You’re not even Blackheart. Hell, your clan isn’t your clan and they’re not Blackheart, either. Several of them were booted from the original clan and two were booted from the Southpeaks. When we found you went missing, we contacted the leaders of those clans who told us they each had members who’d gone rogue and since banded together.”
