Page 45 of Hunt Me
Maybe I’ll let the prick suffer–
Small fingers pinch my side, causing me to grimace. Did my mischievous little deer nip me?
I look down, finding her glaring at me, an eyebrow arched, and because I’m not a complete dafty I know I need to cut Vish’s torture short. But before I can let the words out, her soft but firmer than earlier voice beats me to it.
‘Vish, right?’
He nods sheepishly.
Fucking bastard.
‘You can apologise now,’Fauna states and pride swells in my chest.
My beautiful Faun is no pushover. She is a fierce warrior, and I will watch over her, supporting her every step of the way.
Clearing his throat again, Vish apologises, mainly looking at Fauna’s feet when he does so.‘I’m sorry. It was rude of me to interrupt you both like that. I’d like to have made a better first impression. I honestly didn’t think for a second it'd be Ruaridh and his girl.’
‘His girl?’Fauna asks with a tone that I can’t quite place.
‘Aye, well, we didn’t even know he had a girl, but it’s a pleasure to meet you. My name is Vishrut, but the others call me Vish. You’re welcome to call me that too if you'd like.’
Fauna doesn’t speak for a moment, just stares at him.
My muscles tighten.
What did he say? He must have said something to upset her or else she’d be running her mouth like usual.
Just as I’m about to make true on my promise of skinning the fucker her grip on me drops.
‘So you’re a Skull?’Fauna asks.
‘Yep, I’m one of Ru’s guys. You’ll get to meet the rest of us when we get back to the stadium. I hadn’t planned on going back for a wee while, but I don’t mind leaving now—’
‘I’m not going there,’Fauna cuts in.‘I have somewhere to be… things to do.’
She doesn’t look at me as she says it, and it hurts more than it should. I don’t know what I'd expected. It hadn’t crossed my mind that she wouldn’t be joining us at the stadium, but by the pain in my chest, I’d assumed Fauna would be staying with me.
‘You got food?’I nod to Vish’s pack, trying not to let the thickness of my throat show.
‘Oh, erm, aye. Yous not got any?’He looks at us with a confused expression on his face.
Each one of us has something we keep private from the others. I’ve known Vish most of my life, but I still don’t know what he really gets up to when he comes out here by himself, and that’s the same for a lot of us. We go on trips alone, and judging by the expression on Vish’s face, he must have made the assumption that the ones I have been on recently were to see Fauna.
Maybe they were. All those trips, not knowing why I felt the need to leave, the need to wander around a broken and abandoned city, were all down to some force within me searching for the opportunity to meet this extraordinary woman beside me.
‘C’mon let’s go inside and eat something.’I place my palm on Fauna’s ridged back hating how she doesn’t soften at my touch.
We turn, and I hear Vish’s clunky steps following us as we re-enter the building. I watch the way Fauna’s hips sway in front ofme as she walks. The clothes I gave her are large on her but the way she has rolled up the waistband of her trousers has them framing her rounded ass perfectly. Her wet hair dampens the shoulders of her top, but she doesn’t seem to mind.
I smile to myself at how strong she is.
Then she turns and because I was focused on the wet patches of her shirt I am granted direct view of the way her hardened nipples press against the grey material.
Fuck me.
My skin heats as I remember what her naked body looked like earlier. The way the stream of water trickled down her smooth body as she rocked her hips towards me, demanding more from me.
I groan at the memory.
