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* * * Hunters * * *
Same Time
The Woods
Not Far Away
Hell!
He was getting tired, but there was no way that Gamble was giving up. He wasn’t leaving Rufus behind in the woods to die.
Something might get him, or worse, the assholes who hurt him would light him on fire and burn him alive.
That wasn’t happening.
This was his dog.
THEIRdog.
They were all getting out of this, or none of them were. Now, he had to hope and pray that Zayn, the paranoid nut, had his phone on.
This was a lesson to be learned. It was a bad idea not to have memorized anyone else’s number. Going forward, he was making sure he did just that.
When Rufus whimpered, he comforted him.
“It’s okay, boy. I have you,” Gamble said, scratching him and trying to keep him quiet. “It’s going to be okay. I’ll get you fixed up.”
Only, with each step, he was jostling Rufus’ body, and he knew the dog had to be hurting in the worst way.
“We’re almost back to Poe. I’ll get us there, and I’ll catch you some fish. We’ll fix you up, boy.”
The dog licked his arm, giving him kisses.
“I’m sorry that I had to leave you behind,” he admitted. “I wish I didn’t. I killed the assholes who hurt you, and I’ll get the rest.”
Rufus just let him carry him and the whole time, his tail was wagging.
God.
He felt horrible for letting his dog be hurt. Gamble was going to make it up to him. As soon as he and Poe got through this, he was getting a big steak on a bone.
Bet.
On.
It.
As he was almost there, he heard something that made his bowels run cold.
A quad.
Fuck.
It looked like the bodies were found, and the shit was about to hit the fan with him and Rufus out in the open.
Now, he had to think quick.
From the sound of it, there only seemed to be one quad coming from the direction of the farm. It looked like they were going to have to play a game.
