Chapter 66: Broken Wings

Riley

My stomach cramped as I paced the cell, waiting for them to bring Xaden back. It was more than the fact that he could fly me up to the top of the door and help get us out of here. All we'd been waiting on was his wings to heal a bit more and timing. But what if they killed him and I'm left alone?

My knees buckled and I grasped the metal bars to keep from falling.

He had to come back, he had to. I leaned my forehead against the cool bars and took deep breaths. Why hadn't we pretended to do more of what they wanted? We could've bought ourselves more time, but I'd been concentrating on knowing all the levels and guards and everything else.

The real reason I hadn't insisted on kissing and fondling was Xaden had never brought it up again. As if the kiss that felt like I'd been branded wasn't anything to him. Had it just not affected him like it did me? Maybe he'd kissed a lot of women being their alien stallion and I was just one broodmare of many.