BloodLust (Rise of the Iliri Book 1) (45 page)
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Authors: Auryn Hadley
"All right, girl. You're next."
She grabbed the scrap cloth and wound it around her arm. Anything could be a weapon. Any advantage was one she'd use. She just had to keep surviving. If she could make it long enough, maybe her father would find her. Maybe the Domn had already been caught. Maybe someone was on their way. She just had to keep fighting, and keep winning. She might be a princess, but her family had fought hard for the right to rule.
"Same as before?" she asked.
The guard chuckled. "Yeah, 'cept this time you're going against the shits who didn't lose last time."
"Then they won't be so lucky this time," she swore, trying to convince herself it was true.
As she walked toward the bright opening to the arena, she heard the Lion talking to the guard behind her. "I think that one might be a real bitch."
"She won't live to see the sun fall."
The Lion's laugh rang out. "I wouldn't bet against her. She has the eyes. You can always see it in the eyes. That one's a survivor."
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Auryn Hadley is happily married with three canine children and a herd of feral cats that her husband keeps feeding. Between her love for animals, video games, and a good book, she has enough ideas to spend the rest of her life trying to get them out. They all live in Texas, land of the blistering sun, where she spends her days feeding her addictions – including drinking way too much coffee.
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