All Chapters of Married To A Hunter: Fascinating & Terrifying: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

"Riley, wake up."I blinked open my eyes and looked into the serious-looking face of Taleon One, the leader of the Hunter. I fell asleep on the bench and slumped to one side. Now I straightened up and massaged my sore neck."We're leaving,

The leader next to me again picked up the device he used to communicate with his men and informed them that we would stop. "Are we there?" I asked, shifting restlessly in my seat."Soon." One pulled over and brought the car to a stop. &ld

Shortly afterwards we left the tent and One took me to the car, in which I had to wait again until he and one of the other hunters had dismantled the tent and we could continue. The sun was already rising on the horizon and its gentle rays flooded through the branches of the distant treetops of a forest.One sat down next to me, started the car, and waited for me to buckle up before driving off. "We'll be there in an hour," he remarked casually, stroking his shadowy chin, which was covere

"Riley!" Danika fell into my arms and hugged me so tightly I almost took my breath away. She cried and sobbed and kept whispering, "I'm so glad to see you" in my ear. "It's okay," I tried to reassure her. "Everything will be fine."

After a final hesitation, he gave in, grabbed a sharp stone, and painted an outline of the wooded area. He explained to me from which directions the shots came. "Keep your head down and shoot in those directions," he added at the end, giving me a very intimate look. “Do you understand, Riley? Leave your head behind the jeep! As soon as they see you, you have a bullet between your eyes. "I nodded, crawled to one end of the car, and took a deep breath. Then I cock

We ran until I couldn't feel my feet anymore and One ordered a longer break. Relieved, I slumped to the ground and leaned against a tree trunk. A bee hummed behind me and almost scared me to death."You are pretty finished, aren't you?" Asked the Hunter, placing the luggage he was carrying at his feet. Then he massaged his bandaged shoulder and grimaced.

One rolled out a sleeping bag and lay down in it. He closed his eyes and I waited until his breathing became a regular, deep rhythm. Then I fixed my gaze on his face and allowed myself to see his beautiful features. That he handed me a deadly weapon and closed his eyes showed that he trusted me. At least I would now have the option to flee or to shoot him. I felt an uncomfortable chest tug at the thought, so I looked quickly in a different direction and instead focused on any sounds or movements that I heard. There was no way I wanted both of us to be attacked again.

Sighing, I got up and looked for the boots One must have taken off me. I found it between the bags and sacks, tied them tightly, grimaced painfully, and limped out of the tent. One was nowhere to be seen and I panicked a little until I finally saw him emerge a few meters further between the trees.He stopped in front of me and looked at me with an admonishing expression. “Next time, please let me know before you pass out from pain and exhaustion. Did you understand that?"

We ate in silence, then we took turns going to the toilet and One brought in my bags, which he put in a corner of the tent."It gets cold here in the North Quarter at night," he said finally, pulling off his sweater, boots and trousers.I averted my

Fortunately, he left it at that and moved on. I followed him, wondering if I was still doing the right thing by not telling him the content of my dreams and the assumptions that went with them. But although I would trust the Hunter leader with my life, I was careful not to trust him in any other way. In any case, it was much more important that I came up with a plan for how things should go next. What was One going to do with me? He wanted to take me back to headquarters, and then what? Who should I stay there with? For what purpose?