Ronan by Lisa Daniels

Bethany intends to save her sister from Kanthus. But first, she needs to save herself…

When Bethany defies her family and heads down the road to Kanthus, she doesn’t expect anything bad to happen. She’s not prepared for anything bad to happen. So when she’s taken by bandits, locked in a cage in their squalid camp, with the realization she’ll be sold off to a slave-empire, it’s up to her to find a way out of her predicament before it’s too late.
There’s another long-term prisoner here, too. A beast with light brown fur and yellow eyes, kept in chains. Beaten to keep his will low. At first, she thinks him to be just a beast. But there’s an intelligence in those eyes. One that is all too human.
And if she can help him too, then why not?

After all, she’s determined to survive. By any means necessary…