She scowled at it now from the edge of the woods, marking the pattern of the watchmen who circled the perimeter. Hrothgar's fabled hall was only the centerpiece of a larger compound, a stronghold on an elevated ring, circled by thick, sloping turf walls which were themselves surrounded and topped...
Such heat. Body against body, limbs intertwined, a tangle of legs, his fingers tangled in her hair, his mouth against her throat. Her breath coming in gasps and sighs as he moved against her, plunged into her. And she rose to meet him, arching into him with every thrust, desperate to feel every i...
It was almost time. Soon she would be free of this place — free of this life entirely. She shuddered at the thought of what lay in store for her, what thing, lurking somewhere within or beyond those woods, would soon have her in its terrible grasp. She looked...