Bounty Hunter : Enemies To Lovers - Jevon (Jake Wheeler x Devon Evans) // BXB

2. The "Bounty-Hunter"

My eyes fluttered open, slowly, struggling to adjust to the now midday light. I felt grass beneath me, and as my mind came to its senses, I had realised that my hands were tied together in rope.

"Where am I?" I grumbled, opening my eyes further and sitting up to check my surroundings. "Great fucking question!" A boy shouted out of frustration from behind me.

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" I screamed, snapping my head around to meet the source of the voice. "Don't even recognise my voice, perfect." He mumbled. "Where am I?! Why are my hands tied together?! Who are you?!" I blurted in fear.

At least he wasn't wearing that mask anymore.

"I don't know where the fuck we are, thanks to your idiocy!" He grumbled. "What do you want?!" I pleaded. "For you to shut your fucking mouth! I liked it when you were unconscious." He sighed.

He seemed to be focussed on something; a map it seems. I stood up. Well this boy clearly wasn't much for talking. Maybe I should try intimidation.

"I demand you untie my hands, right this instant!" I said, mustering all the authority I could. "I'd prefer not to." He said with a monotone voice.

"Do you know who I am?! I will have you beheaded!" I screamed. His face snapped to turn to me. He slowly edged closer, not faltering in eye-contact. "Do you know who I am?" He asked quietly, getting closer so I backed up until I felt my feet nearly fall into the water.

He got closer and I squeezed my eyes shut as he whispered, "I'm the guy that does the beheading." I gulped in fear. He turned around and returned to the map. "Don't play intimidation games with me, little prince!" He chimed.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked but he just waved off my question.

Maybe I can annoy him into letting me go.

I huffed. "What are you looking at?!" I queried, walking over cautiously. "Because you're such a fucking idiot, I'm soaking and miles away from the Kingdom; where I'll be taking you." He asserted.

"I'm not an idiot!" I defended. "Says the guy who jumped into a fucking mighty river." He rolled his eyes. "Oh, and this is coming from the guy who jumped in after me!" I scoffed. "I had to!"

"I had to too! I thought you were trying to kill me!" I repented. "I don't 'try' to kill people. I do it." He said with a cold expression.

I looked back down at the map. "If you're trying to get back to the Kingdom, why not just follow the river from the way we came?" I asked.

"Because I only have 72 hours to bring you back." He explained. "Well you're not getting me back there." I folded my arms. "Wanna fucking bet?!" He growled.

"Why don't you wanna go back anyway? To your nice castle and your fancy little dinner parties?!" He asked, mocking me.

"That Kingdom is fucking corrupt!" I warned. "Well obviously." He said as if it were obvious. "No I mean, genuine evil. Beyond my own comprehension." I rambled to myself, earning a look of question from the 'bounty-hunter'.

"Why do you wanna go back?!" I defended. "Theres a grand reward on your head." He shrugged. "Money?! That's it?!" I shriek.

Wait a second. Money?

"You know, I'm headed to a place with lots of money." I said casually. "All the riches in the world." I added. "Yeah, you're right, the Kingdom." He said causing me to grown.

"What's stopping me from jumping back into river, again?" I smirked. He folded the map and gave me his attention. "Your hands are tied, you would drown in seconds."

Fuck! Why does he have to be such a smart-ass?! I thought.

"Hey 'Bounty-Hunter'?" I called, causing a groan as he turned to me again. "What?!" He asked, grabbing the rope tying my hands together by a long piece he definitely left on purpose. He tugged on it and we began our walk.

"Watch it! I was gonna ask for your name, I'll give you mine." I offered. "Jacob Wheeler." He said. "Oh hi Jacob nice to- wait! No, that's my name!" I scoffed.

"I thought everyone was just kidding by calling you the dumb one." He mumbled. "Or maybe I'm just acting dumb to get you to lower your guard." I announced with a proud smile.

A smile that was slowly wiped off my face as I realised- "Well if that was your plan, you just told me."

FUCK!

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He continued to lead us through the dark forest that we had entered. "Favourite colour?" "No." "Do I get to know anything about you?!" I squealed.

"Shh!" He said with a hushed tone. "I just wanna-" "Shh!" He signalled again. I heard a twig snap in the distance. "What was that?!" I shrieked, jumping onto his shoulders in fear. "Hey get off me!" He started flailing around frantically, trying to throw me off of him.

Another twig snapped, louder. "Was that you?" I asked. "No.." He whispered. I leaned into his ear from his back. "That was either a really big twig or really close." I whispered back.

He realised I was still on him and he threw me off, withdrawing his sword. "Hey!" I protested. Another twig.

His anger got out of hand and he threw me against a tree, putting his sword to my throat and getting closer. "You need to learn how to shut the fuck up." He warned.

I smirked down at him, to show he didn't scare me. I used my finger and pushed his sword away. "Put away your toys 'bounty-hunter'."

Then, all of a sudden, a huge crash sounded, echoing through the forest.