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Jonny was serious

It was the first thought that eish depths of her ed to pry her eyes open and stared at the wooden beanize

It ca Her confrontation with the vaon Jonny's detero

Ashley groaned and rolled onto her side, cursing herself repeatedly Morning light filtered in through thin curtains over s The room wasn't in Jonny's prison It was small and comfortable with a half-bathroom behind a partially opened door in the corner She wore her clothing still, down to her boots, and was draped in a thick quilt She heard no movement outside the closed door to her rooy, Ashley wouldn't have dropped off into deep slumber She had rested her head in the crook of her ar some serious sleep and desperation to find a way out of Jonny's prison when she toppled into sleep

Rested, if hungry, she pushed herself into a sitting position and flung off the covers Her body was a little stiff though not as bad as she usually felt the day after a seizure Normally, she felt like she'd run athe homestretch

Ashley ht around her ankle prevented her right leg fro She looked down, surprised

"Oh, real nice, Jonny," she muttered Her ankle was chained to the bed She retreated to the post she was connected to, surprised to see someone had e for her to budge

She tested her distance and was able to make it into the bathrooone, along with her weapons She had nothing to occupy her in the tiny room and crossed to theHer vieas of the forest except … She frowned

It wasn't the saone to sleep in This was a forest of deciduous trees with flat leaves and white trunks Jonny could have moved her anywhere in the world Where was she?

Irritated, Ashley returned to the bed and sat She didn't have time to fiddle with her restraints The door opened, and she sprang to her feet, ready to defend herself with hand to hand conized froe Jonny had seemed to favor this one Tall and broad shouldered with red eyes and dark hair, the va in one hand and a bottle of water in the other