Chapter 42
Chapter 42
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” HG Wells
Punishment?
He’s going to punish me?
Griffin had said it so casually, like he was telling me about the weather or asking me my favorite food.
“Punishment?” I echoed, craning my neck to look up at him. Tucked into his side, it strained my neck to make eye contact with him but I managed.
A slow smirk spread across his face. My reaction didn’t seem to surprise him at all, and if anything, he just looked
amused.
What a sadist. He enjoys freaking me out like this.
“Yes, little fox,” he said, and his tone was almost mocking, “If I don’t punish you, how will you learn your lesson?”
Oh, God. He’s actually serious, he’s not just joking. “I don’t understand…how would you punish me?” I asked. I couldn’t
possibly imagine what Griffin’s “punishment” would entail. Was he planning to lock me up in the dungeon or something?
Or was this more of a time-out-sit-in-the-comer sort of deal? Both options didn’t seem appealing, and the very thought
of a “punishment” made me feel like a misbehaving child. Maybe that was the point. (°
“We’ll discuss it once we get back to the castle,” he said, and he went back to playing with my hair, “For now, I’m just
happy you’re in my arms again. But we’ve got a long night and a long flight ahead of us. You should probably get some
sleep.”
For a brief moment, my mind flashed to the airport. Of course, we’d be taking a flight back to Canada! Maybe I could
escape at the airport. There would be people there, people who would never let some random man drag a kicking,
screaming girl onto a flight.
As if he could sense what I was thinking, one of Griffin’s hands came up to cup my jaw and turn my attention back to him.
“I already know that clever little mind of yours is trying to hatch a second escape plan, little fox,” he said with narrowed
eyes, “But I’m going to stop you right here. Don’t even try.”
“What?” I feigned disbelief, “I was not thinking about trying to escape. I was thinking about what snacks I’d get at the
airport. That’s all.”
Iwas a terrible liar and the unimpressed look on Griffin’s face proved it. I wasn’t fooling him. He sighed, his eyes roaming
over my face. There was some sort of emotion on his face ~ sadness or guilt, I wasn’t sure which. “I wish it didn’t have to
come to this,” he said, “But I knew it would. Even with my private jet, I can’t take any chances with you.”
I was too confused by his statement to notice how he rummaged around his pocket or moved his other hand to hold my
jaw still.
And then I felt it.
He moved quickly, far too quickly for me to shove him away or fight back. Suddenly, there was a sharp pin-prick in my
neck. (=
to move my head away, but Griffin held me steady
a glimpse at what he was holding in the other hand:
I’d felt? It was
into
seconds, and by the time I’d registered it, he was already done. “What
syringe out. I clasped my hand over the spot he’d stabbed, but it was
Griffin pulled me close.
Just to make sure you don’t cause any scenes out in public. By
off, we’ll be home.” Before I could argue or fight or throw some sort of fit, I began to feel
to feel heavy, too heavy for me to hold them up on my own. I collapsed into Griffin’s side, and
to stroke my hair.
He just drugged me.
my God, he just
yell at him, but my tongue was heavy with a sweet chemical aftertaste. My
driver,
road ahead of us began to fade into
thing I registered before the drug pulled me under was Griffin laying my head on
was definitely guilt on
first thing I noticed when I woke up was just how much my head hurt. It felt like a
times ten.
me. The third thing my drug-induced brain noticed was that I wasn’t
force my heavy limbs and sluggish
several seconds before my
Majesty,” a gravely, accented
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head around to see where I was and to who that voice belonged.
a dark headboard,
than anything I’d been in before ~ including Griffin’s old bedroom. This
with gold and navy fixtures, an impressive vanity, and a couple of doors that seemed
She was wearing a thin white coat, and from the medical supplies next to her, I could only
* )
What happened to me?
eyes peered down at me. She had a large
stare at. “Do you remember what happened, Your
words, but my throat was so dry that I immediately
glass of water and I downed it in seconds. Do I remember
with Aiden. We were at the movie,
suppress the gasp. The previous night’s events rushed through my brain in a
me into the car, sticking a needle in
drugged me!
“I can tell you remember. I told him
No woman wants a needle in their neck like that or a nasty drug hangover ~ which
experiencing right now.” The more she spoke, the more I was able to
me?” I asked, and my voice was still croaky, “Diphenhy ~ what was
had a pretty big dose of it. The King wanted to make sure
here was… uneventful.”
make a scene in
her bony hands came up to
the start of a migraine
said, and then she turned to rummage through
reliever.”
only eyed them. After
unnamed drugs.
it won’t hurt you, Koponesa. It’s a weak opioid. It’ll help your headache.”
it meant getting rid
be worth it.
down and the old woman smiled at me. “Good, good,” she
by the way. I apologize for not introducing myself, but I’m one of
little bit of business, but he asked me to check on
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