Sample Saturday! Champion of the Heart

An excerpt from my new medieval romance – Champion of the Heart – An escape attempt –

“Fire!”

Immediately, she bolted down the stairs, running as fast as she could.  She whipped around the corner…

…and almost slammed into a wall of flesh.  She lifted her eyes for a hurried apology, but stopped dead.  Fox stood before her!

Fox!  But how…  What in heaven’s name was he doing out of the dungeon?  Jordan opened her mouth in shock to call out for help.  But Fox’s eyes darkened and he grabbed her arm, pulling her to him, slapping his palm across her mouth, silencing any cry of alarm she had been about to make. 

“It doesn’t look like you’ll get your wish,” he growled.  “The Black Fox rots in no man’s dungeon.”