Page 119 of Enthrall Shadows
And I needed to find Henry, who could be anywhere. My heart ached knowing that he was suffering alone.
The man’s weathered face showed his age to be around sixty. He had on a bright orange jacket, so a hunter, maybe?
“What are you doing out here?” he said with a Floridian lilt.
“Hiking.”
“Alone?”
“No. Please lower your gun.”
He lowered the weapon but kept it ready.
“I appreciate that,” I said, letting my arms fall to my sides.
“Was that your drone? ‘Cause we shoot drones around here.”
“No, I—”
“Where’s the rest of your party?”
Telling him we’d gotten separated wasn’t a good plan. Making him believe someone else could have a weapon trained on him might make him reconsider shooting me.
I glanced at the motorboat, hoping it had been left for us. “Are you hunting?”
He was defiantly quiet.
Those gunshots had clearly been a warning.
He followed my line of slight. “Going down river?”
A gut feeling told me to be honest. “At some point.”
“What’s your business?”
“What’s yours?”
He glanced at his rifle as though to say, “I’m the one with the gun.”
Fucker.
Sucking in a deep breath, I said, “We’re meeting up with someone.”
“Who?”
“Her name’s Reese.”
His expression darkened.
“I’ve never met her,” I said, reading disgust in his expression. “I’m from L.A. I can’t wait to get back, to be honest. I’m a city girl, though I’m originally from Florida.”
“Where?”
“Miami.” I stepped forward. “You?”
“Naples.” He looked impatient. “I gotta get back to work.”
“What kind of work?”
