Chapter 43 A Favor

• Elara
• The world around me swam as the man carried me out of the buzzing auction room and into another private room. Before I could say or do anything, he practically tossed me down like a sack of potatoes, and I collapsed onto a large, unfamiliar bed.
• A moment later, he reached down and roughly unhooked the leash from my collar, and I slumped against the silken sheets. As I lay there, the room spinning nauseatingly, I looked around wildly for some kind of exit, a weapon, anything. But my wrists were still tied and even if they hadn’t been, my body wasn’t cooperating.