Chapter 30: Advantage

Chapter 30: Advantage

Gwen yanked at the binds, feeling the ropes cut and sear into her skin with each tug and twist. She huffed as she tried to pull her arms free to no avail. Suddenly, a deep laugh echoed around her, and her gaze froze on the tall man before her. She had never been angrier at not only Elijah but herself for trusting someone wholeheartedly. He had put the chess pieces in a perfect configuration, plotting and scheming against her and Logan. Practically laying down lies as bait until she took it. Gwen had been naive, stubborn, and now look where it had gotten her. She was trapped to a chair in the presence of an apex predator, and not one that she had consented to.

“You want to be free, little bird?” Elijah smirked, walking towards her with his hands in the pockets of his gray slacks. “Can’t say that I blame you. You’ve been caged far too long.”