Page 38 of Heart of the Hunted
"It shouldn't take too long to find them," he said.
"Do you even know where to start looking?" she asked with a raised brow.
"I have a rough idea of which direction they went in," he said.
"At least that's something, I suppose," she said.
Not only that, but the further they had to travel to reach his friends, the more opportunities Natalia would have to escape him. Because even though she promised not to, that was the first thing she was going to do the first chance she got.
"Let’s go then," he said.
"It's dark outside."
"And?"
Shaking her head, she said: "I don't know about you, but I can't see very well in the dark, so I'm not going anywhere until morning."
"I don't think you understand," he told her. "I'm not giving you a choice in the matter. We are leaving now, and we will travel for as long as I say."
"Bossy much?" she asked.
"No, I just don't want to waste any more time. Especially not cooped up in a tin can," he said, looking around the room. "If you’re worried about not being able to see in the dark, then don't because I can see clearly enough for the both of us. Now let’s go."
"Fine!" She snapped. "Can I at least get my stuff together first?"
The Demon looked around the bare room, then looked at her as if she had gone mad.
"What stuff?" he asked. "The place is empty."
"Well, I couldn't leave everything lying around for you to find, could I?" she asked. "I was hiding from you after all."
Seriously, how dumb could this Demon be?
"That's true,” he agreed.
"How did you know I was here?" she asked, intrigued to know the answer.
"I heard you," he said blatantly.
"Seriously? I didn't make any noise, I didn't even move,” she told him.
"Yes, seriously. I know you didn't move," he said. "I heard you exhale."
What the fuck?
Natalia filed that bit of information away for future reference. From now on, she knew not to breath too loudly, otherwise she was going to get caught again. That's if she managed to get away from him in the first place.
"Fine," he relented. "Get your stuff together, but be quick about it."
"Thanks," she said, rolling her eyes as she walked back into the bedroom. When she realized he was following her, she asked: "Where are you going?"
"With you, of course."
"Why? It's not like there's anywhere for me to go in here," Natalia said.
"How would I know?" he said, looking around the room. "There could be a secret passageway somewhere in here."
"Well, for starters, I wouldn't have been hiding under the bed if there was," she told him.
