Page 16 of Heart of the Hunted
"Yeah, I know, I got a pretty big dick," Dain said smugly.
"I didn't say that," Taredd said.
Smiling, Dain said: "You didn't have to."
"Just change into a bird or something and fuck off already," Taredd told him.
"Can't do that, you'd miss me too much," Dain said.
"I fucking wouldn't," he said adamantly.
"Oh, you would,” Dain said, grinning. “You may not admit it, but I know you love having me around."
"Yeah, like I love stabbing hot pokers into my eyes," Taredd said sarcastically.
"There's no need to be like that," Arun said. "It's not that bad having Dain around."
"You like stabbing hot pokers in your eyes?" Dain asked. Shaking his head, he added "You Demons are a really weird bunch of fuckers. I don't see how anyone would love to do something like that."
"Oh, for fuck sake," Taredd said, rubbing his forehead.
"What's wrong now?" Dain asked.
Slapping him around the head, Arun told him: "You're giving him a headache with your stupidity."
"I'm only messing with him," Dain said, laughing. "I know he doesn't like sticking hot pokers in his eyes."
"He's not giving me a headache," Taredd said. "Because I already have one."
"Do you want me to use my magic to get rid of the pain?" Arun offered.
"No, thank you. Can we just walk in silence for a while, please?" Taredd asked them both.
"Yeah, of course," Arun said.
"I suppose," Dain pouted.
"Thank you," Taredd said.
Taredd didn't have a headache, but if it meant he could have a bit of peace and quiet, then he was more than happy to lie and tell them he did. He didn't even feel guilty about it either. It wasn't as if they've never lied to him, or each other, if it suited them in the past.
From the look of it, they weren't going to be walking for much longer today. While they had been bickering, the weather had been slowly deteriorating. Taredd guessed they had another hour or so, before it was going to be too difficult to see through the snowstorm, that had been building up.
"We're going to have to look for shelter soon," Arun said, reading Taredd's mind.
"I know," he agreed.
"It's getting too fucking cold for me. I need to shift into something with a little more fur," Dain told them.
Taredd didn't blame him. Dain couldn't regulate his body temperature as well as Taredd and Arun could. The only way for Dain to stay warm in the rapidly plummeting temperatures, was to either put on more layers, or shift into an animal with fur.
"No problem," Arun said.
Dain didn't say another word. One moment he was stood in his Human form, then within a blink of an eye a dark grey wolf stood in his place.
"Better?" Taredd asked as he looked down at the wolf.
Dain nodded his head to let them know he was ready, then they started walking again. This time, they kept a look out for a place they could take shelter from the storm. As much as Taredd wanted to get this bet over and done with so they could get back to normality, he wasn't willing to travel when he couldn't see where he was going.
