Page 22 of Heart of the Hunted
CHAPTER SEVEN
Taredd
Taredd was more than ready to leave the cave by the time the storm passed. It was bad enough that Dain and Arun were still dead set on wasting time with this stupid bet, but being stuck in the cave for days on end as well had Taredd inching to get it over and done with.
He wanted them to get back to what they did best. Hunting the Humans as a group. It was the most efficient way to rid the world of their kind.
"If you two don't hurry the fuck up, I'm leaving without you," Taredd told them.
Taredd didn't know how the fuck it could take them so long to get ready to leave when they didn't have anything to take with them. As soon as he woke up, Taredd was ready to leave.
"Hold ya horses. We're nearly ready," Dain said.
"I seriously don't understand what takes you both so long to get ready, it's not as if you're packing anything to take with you," Taredd told them.
"Are we not allowed to have something to eat before we go?" Arun asked.
"It doesn't take half the day to eat breakfast," Taredd pointed out.
"For someone who hasn't slept in a bed, it's like he got out the wrong side again," Dain said around a mouth full of food.
"That's probably why he's in such a foul mood. He's too used to the comforts of a soft mattress," Arun said.
"That's not it," Taredd told them.
"What is it then?" Arun asked.
"I just want to get going,” Taredd said. “We've already spent more than enough time here."
"Are you getting withdrawals?" Dain asked him.
"Withdrawals from what?" he asked, confused.
"Hunting? Humans? I don't know, you tell us what it might be," Dain said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Oh, for fuck sake,” Taredd said. “I'm not going through withdrawal for anything."
"Are you sure?" Dain asked.
"Yes, of course I'm sure," he said adamantly.
"How would you know if you were going through withdrawal or not?" Dain asked him.
"Because I would just know, okay?" he said.
Dain turned to Arun and said "I think he's delusional as well."
"If the look on his face is anything to go on, he's close to beating the shit out of you," Arun told him.
Dain turned back to Taredd. He could imagine that steam was billowing out of his ears from Dain's reaction.
"I think you've pissed him off this time," Arun said.
"He knows I'm only fucking with him," Dain said. "You know I'm only playing with you, don't ya Taredd?"
"Can you not give up being an ass for just one day?" Taredd asked him.
"Yeah, I can," Dain said.
