STEEL: MC ROMANCE (Forsaken Riders MC Romance Book 3) by Samantha Leal Page B
Authors: Samantha Leal
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mind raced as she thought back to what Quattro said about his colleague disappearing. He had said something about a vortex, about him being taken by something. Melissa looked around in panic… Could the same have happened to her? Could it have been the rocks? Something so strong had pulled her there as if she was meant to discover their power and then… Nothing. Blackness. Then she had woken up there, in the cold cave, with no shoes and an animal pelt wrapped around her.
She trembled as she tried to piece it all together. Then with horror she threw herself back against the wall of the cave as she was sure she could hear something in the shadows around her.
She wasn’t alone.
There was something else in there with her.
And it was getting closer.
She swallowed hard as her heart pounded loudly in her chest. She could hear something snarling and moving, its footsteps becoming louder and more prominent with each passing second.
Melissa cowered and curled into a ball, trying to make herself as small as possible so it was almost like she wasn’t there. She was so terrified that she didn’t dare move, and when she finally had the nerve to look up, her heart almost stopped beating.
There right in front of her, about a hundred foot away, was a saber-toothed tiger, massive on its haunches, snarling at her and eyeing her up for its next meal. She watched it as it stared back at her and she trembled with fear. Melissa wanted to scream, she wanted to run… but she just couldn’t move. Her body was rigid. She was in shock.
“It can’t be,” she whispered. “This isn’t happening.”
The tiger snarled again and moved forward. Its huge paws padded across the frozen earth, and Melissa kept closing her eyes and pinching the skin on her legs.
“Wake up,” she muttered. “This isn’t real, wake up.”
When she opened her eyes, the tiger was still in front of her, its immense tusk-like teeth dripping with saliva and the taste for her, and she knew then that she was really in trouble. She began to wail. The tiger snarled and reared up on its hind legs before lunging towards her.
It all seemed to happen so fast… One moment the tiger was racing towards her, and the next she was aware of something else in the cave… Another presence that was even stronger.
Suddenly from above, there was a flash of black fur as another creature leapt over her. It dived at the tiger with rage before it could reach Melissa and drove a long spear right into its heart. The tiger collapsed onto the floor and whimpered as it let out its last breath. A pool of blood spread out around its thick, wiry fur and Melissa brought up her hands to cover her mouth. The creature that had saved her got to its feet and stood tall and proud.
It was with both relief and trepidation that Melissa realized it wasn’t another animal at all, but a person. And as he turned around she saw that he was a handsome man wearing a similar animal pelt to hers, all muscles and dirt, his long hair matted with mud and his chest heaving with exertion. He walked over to her and blocked out the light from the fire with his huge frame before extending a hand to her to help her up.
“Woman,” he said gruffly and with a sternness she would never dare question. “Get up.”
6.
Melissa put her hand in his and he pulled her forcefully to her feet. His eyes were bright and innocent through all of the caked mud and dirt that was covering his skin, and she had the intense urge to reach out and stroke his face. But she was too nervous and felt herself shying away.
“Go,” he said. “Now.”
Melissa looked up at him and wondered why there was so much urgency. He had killed the danger. The saber-tooth was dead. What else could be waiting for them? She noticed a look of shock on his face and turned to follow his gaze. Behind her in the darkness of the cave were small, strange-looking men with big ugly features crawling out of the shadows.
Melissa shrieked as he lifted her
She trembled as she tried to piece it all together. Then with horror she threw herself back against the wall of the cave as she was sure she could hear something in the shadows around her.
She wasn’t alone.
There was something else in there with her.
And it was getting closer.
She swallowed hard as her heart pounded loudly in her chest. She could hear something snarling and moving, its footsteps becoming louder and more prominent with each passing second.
Melissa cowered and curled into a ball, trying to make herself as small as possible so it was almost like she wasn’t there. She was so terrified that she didn’t dare move, and when she finally had the nerve to look up, her heart almost stopped beating.
There right in front of her, about a hundred foot away, was a saber-toothed tiger, massive on its haunches, snarling at her and eyeing her up for its next meal. She watched it as it stared back at her and she trembled with fear. Melissa wanted to scream, she wanted to run… but she just couldn’t move. Her body was rigid. She was in shock.
“It can’t be,” she whispered. “This isn’t happening.”
The tiger snarled again and moved forward. Its huge paws padded across the frozen earth, and Melissa kept closing her eyes and pinching the skin on her legs.
“Wake up,” she muttered. “This isn’t real, wake up.”
When she opened her eyes, the tiger was still in front of her, its immense tusk-like teeth dripping with saliva and the taste for her, and she knew then that she was really in trouble. She began to wail. The tiger snarled and reared up on its hind legs before lunging towards her.
It all seemed to happen so fast… One moment the tiger was racing towards her, and the next she was aware of something else in the cave… Another presence that was even stronger.
Suddenly from above, there was a flash of black fur as another creature leapt over her. It dived at the tiger with rage before it could reach Melissa and drove a long spear right into its heart. The tiger collapsed onto the floor and whimpered as it let out its last breath. A pool of blood spread out around its thick, wiry fur and Melissa brought up her hands to cover her mouth. The creature that had saved her got to its feet and stood tall and proud.
It was with both relief and trepidation that Melissa realized it wasn’t another animal at all, but a person. And as he turned around she saw that he was a handsome man wearing a similar animal pelt to hers, all muscles and dirt, his long hair matted with mud and his chest heaving with exertion. He walked over to her and blocked out the light from the fire with his huge frame before extending a hand to her to help her up.
“Woman,” he said gruffly and with a sternness she would never dare question. “Get up.”
6.
Melissa put her hand in his and he pulled her forcefully to her feet. His eyes were bright and innocent through all of the caked mud and dirt that was covering his skin, and she had the intense urge to reach out and stroke his face. But she was too nervous and felt herself shying away.
“Go,” he said. “Now.”
Melissa looked up at him and wondered why there was so much urgency. He had killed the danger. The saber-tooth was dead. What else could be waiting for them? She noticed a look of shock on his face and turned to follow his gaze. Behind her in the darkness of the cave were small, strange-looking men with big ugly features crawling out of the shadows.
Melissa shrieked as he lifted her
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