Reverie Dyad

Chapter 12

Cole Pov:

Closing the door after Reid I make my way back to Iris to make sure she's okay. Checking her pulse and then her head I feel she's slightly cold to the touch. Walking to the fireplace I start adding wood. Grabbing matchsticks I spark them putting them on the wood. Grabbing a bottle near the wood-marked fuel I squirt some into the fire and it erupts into a bigger flame. Dusting my hands I make my way to the kitchen to wash them

Looking around this place it's almost like a Rangers bachelor pad. Everything is made of wood and animal skin. There are no animal heads on the wall so at least there's that. He has a door at the far end I'm guessing it's his bedroom. He has an open plan kitchen that looks like it's been newly remodeled by a lumberjack and his backdoor or it could be a garage door has been plastered with newspapers so I can't exactly see through it nor do I want too

Walking over to his oven I open it to see the pizza box and I grab it placing it on the counter. Opening the box there are like 4 slices left. Rolling my eyes I scoff he can't possibly expect me to eat 2 or 1 slice of pizza. Shutting the box I walk over to the fridge to find it filled with beer and a carton of milk

"Of course" I mutter straightening up. I just won't eat Iris can take the pizza she'll need something greasy in the morning anyway

I don't know how much time passes but then I hear a wail that sounds like it's in agony. Followed by a grunt and then a gunshot. What the fuck is going on out there.

The door gets kicked open revealing a completely drenched Reid covered in blood and mud dragging in a dead animal by its anthers

"What the fuck" I mutter looking over at Iris to check if she's still asleep. I find her sleeping peacefully so I continue to glare at Reid. He drags the animal past the kitchen leaving a trail of blood and mud as he walks over to the mystery door at the end of the kitchen opening it and dragging the animal through it.

Curiosity gets the better of me so I follow him. Holy shit. My eyes widen. It smells of dead carcasses. Animal heads mark the walls along with their skins underneath them. I look away from that and I find him tying a rope along the animal's anthers and pulling it up. Heavy grunts leave his mouth as he hoists the animal. Once it's dangling in the air he ties the rope against a hook on the wall.

I watch in horror as he starts sharpening some knives at the same time the animal starts to buck painfully in the air

"What the fuck are you doing," I ask my throat completely dry. He ignores me almost like he doesn't hear or see me. He picks up a knife and then walks over to the animal. He rests his forehead against it with a sigh the animal continues to thrush in fear. His grip on the knife tightens then he looks the animal in the eyes jamming the knife through its neck

I let out a gasp as I look away. Shock and disgust course through my body as I shudder. The sound of movement from the animal stops with a shaky breath I look over again to find him pulling the knife out

"Things die it's the circle of life" is what he says breaking the silence

"Is that what you call that horror I just witnessed" I growl and he looks up letting out a menacing chuckle that makes me shiver. He turns to me and his laughter stops

"This is an animal they live with the knowledge of eat or be eaten," he says coldly then grabs a bigger knife and then grabs one leg of the animal

"I'm killing this animal for food" he states hucking off the leg and it falls on the ground with a thud making me cringe

"You're a son of a lieutenant so I'm surprised the idea of killing something spooks you," he says hucking off another leg

Thud