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CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT: HUNTER'S TRAP
Alex locked the door from the inside, the click of the bolt sliding home echoing through the quiet room. He pulled the keys from the lock and wrapped his fingers around them, the cold metal biting into his palm."What the fuck are we going to do now?" Karina's voice was sharp, edged with panic. She paced the narrow space between the bed and the wall, her injured arm pressed against her chest. "I never fucking wanted to come here."Alex snarled, letting his shoulders relax against the wall. The plaster was cool through his shirt. "Why are you acting like we weren't suspecting him from the first place? The deal is to make him pay for it." He said it casually, like he was discussing the weather.Karina rolled her eyes, but the panic in her shoulders eased. "So what's the plan?"Another thought was already piling up in his mind, crowding out the anger. He pressed his thumb to his temple, working the idea like a knot. "But what if Jules is actually innocent? What if he knows nothing about
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: READY OR NOT
“Go on,” Alex urged as Karina leaned forward and knocked on the door three times.“Mr. Jules?” she called out, her voice sweet and harmless, like a fairy who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Alex had to roll his eyes, disgusted by the performance.There were some ruffles from inside the house. They exchanged glances toward each other, waiting. Then the noise stopped.“Do you think he’s there?” Karina asked, her eyes fixed on the door.Alex’s gaze didn’t move. “We’re about to find out.”The footsteps came next, slow and deliberate, approaching the door from the other side. Karina moved back a step toward Alex, her shoulder brushing against his. The handle shifted. The door cracked open, light spilling out across the gravel, and then it swung wider to reveal Jules.He had changed. A comfortable house robe now hung loose on his frame, his feet bare against the wooden floor. His smile was warm, almost relieved, as if he had been expecting them all along.“Hey. You guys made it just in time.” His voic
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: FISHERMAN'S REGRET
They moved up the hill like shadows dragging through molasses, feet heavy on the gravel, every sense stretched wire-taut against the dark. The cottage loomed ahead, white and blue paint barely visible in the fading light, and Alex kept his hand close to the pistol tucked into his waistband, making each step felt like a gamble.Karina broke the silence first, her voice low and tired. "You know, I think players are cheated."Alex glanced at her. The dim light caught the sharp lines of her face, the exhaustion settling into her features like a second skin. "Yeah. But in what ways?" He wanted to hear her say it, wanted to know they were thinking the same damn thing."The hunters get to know where we are. What we're doing. What our next move is." She shifted the small bag on her shoulder, wincing as the movement pulled at her bandaged arm. "Meanwhile, we just wait in the shadows for them to come after us."He nodded slowly. She had a point. A frustrating, undeniable point. "That's right. B
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: THE FISHER'S MAN OFFER
"Hello there?"Alex spun first, his right hand already behind his back, fingers wrapping around the grip of the pistol tucked into his waistband. Karina turned a half-second later, her uninjured arm steady, the shotgun still cradled against her hip. Years of instinct had shifted her body into a stance that looked relaxed but could become lethal in the space between heartbeats.The man standing thirty feet away looked nothing like a hunter. Early thirties, maybe. A white t-shirt that had seen better days, red shorts faded at the knees, and a fishing rod case slung over one shoulder along with a cheap tackle box that rattled when he shifted his weight. His face was open, sunburned across the nose, and he smiled at them with the easy confidence of someone who had no idea he was standing three seconds away from getting a bullet in his chest."Fishing kits?" Karina muttered, her eyes cutting toward Alex without moving her head.Alex's jaw tightened. His fingers itched on the trigger. The m
CHAPTER THIRTY -FOUR: UNDER THE ABANDONED BRIDGE.
ONE HOUR LATERThe forest had gone quiet in a way that felt almost unnatural. Alex knelt beside the black SUV, his fingers working through the ammunition he had laid out across the hood. Karina kicked the front tire. The thud echoed through the clearing, flat, and she turned to face him with her hands on her hips."I think we have a flat tire."Alex looked up from his work, his eyes moving from her face to the sagging rubber. He let out a slow breath through his nose."We definitely can't wait to fix a tire. A mechanic might be a hunter." He set down the magazine he had been loading. "Do you have a spare? Let's fix it here."She shook her head, a single sharp motion. "No spare. I used it two games ago and never replaced it."The words hung between them for a moment, and Alex felt the weight of their situation settle deeper into his shoulders. They had survived four hunters, and found a moment of peace in the woods that had felt almost like a gift. And now, a flat tire. It was almost
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: THE ULTIMATE MAN
Giff stood at the center of the tech room filled with twenty tech skill pro's working endlessly. His fingers tapping a restless rhythm against his thigh, his eyes fixed on the massive monitor that dominated the far wall. It displayed a grainy satellite image of the dense forest on the outskirts of Berlin, blinking markers scattered across the terrain like a game board waiting for its next move.He clicked his fingers. The sound was sharp, satisfied, the kind of sound a man makes when a gamble is paying off beyond his wildest expectations. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, and he let it spread. He had earned this moment."Beautiful," he murmured to no one in particular.The door at the far end of the room opened, and Eleanor stepped through. Her heels clicked against the floor with the authority of someone who had never needed to ask permission for anything in her life. She carried a tablet in one hand, its screen glowing with data Giff couldn't see from where he stood."G
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