Chapter 196

• He got down from the horse, gripped my laps and veered me around, making me face him with me still atop the stead and him standing, his fingers came to the back of my head to release the gag where it was tied and I let out an air of relief when my mouth was finally free.
• My jaw ached and so did my lips but it was nothing compared to the pain I felt in my core. I felt like throwing myself from the horse to the ground and rolling across it to find some relief.
• "What the fuck?!" Orian exclaimed when I actually threw myself down from the horse to the ground, luckily it was covered in grass and not stones.