The Life of Anna, Part 4: Ensnared (49 page)

“I don't know.”

Ian’s calm was pissing him off. “Stop playing
fucking games with me!” he growled. He had told himself he would
not lose control, but it was dangling by a very thin thread.

Ian gave him a defiant smile. “She’s gone.
Away from you. Safely far from you.”

The thread dissolved as his blood boiled.
“You betrayed me?” he asked slowly through clenched teeth.

The Elders stared, afraid to move and catch
Devin’s attention. But there was no need to be afraid. Devin knew
exactly who had betrayed him.

Devin shook with rage and his hands balled
into fists. “Tom, go get me the knife,” he growled from behind
clenched teeth.

Ian’s eyes never left Devin’s as Tom got up
and walked away. He was so calm and sure of himself. Devin would
make sure he suffered for betraying him. Very, very slowly.

“After all I’ve done for you, you dare cross
me? Send Anna away from me? Where did you take her?”

“I only helped her out of the camp. She was
on her own after that.”

Devin let out a scream of rage and the entire
gathering turned to look. Ian backed out of the Pavilion and into
the sunlight. Devin followed.

“She needed to be free. You had no right to
have her and treat her as you did.” Ian’s eyes narrowed. “You made
me do horrible things to her because of your arrogance. She is gone
and there is nothing you can do. You will grow weak and be
defeated.” He put his hand to his mouth, then dropped it to his
side. “I’ll see you in Hell, Devin.” His mouth began to foam and he
dropped to the grass on his side, dead.

Devin screamed out again, rage consuming him.
Tom knew better than to go near him, and dropped the requested
knife nearby.

He picked it up and turned to his Elders.
“Find her,” he growled.

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Marissa Honeycutt

Marissa's story of Anna began with a dream
about being kidnapped with Adam Savage from the
Mythbusters
(Yes, really). Over the next year and a half,
it morphed into the story you just read. She has several other
stories in progress, one of which is based on her kidnapped
dream.

When she's not writing or editing, Marissa is
taking care of two young boys, training to be an astronaut, running
her household, wrestling with gorillas, playing around on Facebook,
promoting whirled peas, and busting her tush for her accounting
degree. She enjoys chocolate, air conditioning in the desert's
summer heat, really good strawberry margaritas, sleeping, and
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