THE HUNTMAN

Chapter 10 : Ruby

I go through the few clothes in my bag, Blake has given me, as with each of my pregnancies, a few days off except that this time it is not Hannah who will play chaperone but another person including my master revealed no details to me. I know where I have to go and that's it.

A lump in my throat as I feel the weight of my future child in my belly. It's a strange feeling being pregnant, I've always hated it. This weight that settles in for several months before coming out, reducing my entire interior to shreds. I imagine they must make women and men give birth in hell.

I closed my bag and got into my taxi. I took a shower this morning, I look like one of the women who run this house but less crooked. The dress I'm wearing is colorful, blue to make my eyes stand out, that's what I prefer to tell myself even though I know they've never looked at my eyes. None of them know the color of my eyes, except maybe Hannah but she only knows from the kids.

No time to get lost in my thoughts, the driver who is none other than one of Blake's hunters starts talking to me. He must therefore not have listened carefully to his boss's instructions. We don't talk about socially inferior people.

"Do you think he cares about his children? The boss ?"

"No, but he doesn't care about contraception either, so the result is often the same with a little chlamydia."

Oh shit, he had to give his chlamydia to April, giving an STI to the princess of the kingdom could be considered treason. She will have one more reason to have him killed when she escapes from him.

"Ruby, I already love you."

"We exchanged two sentences."

"It's your frankness that I like and your physique."

"Are you trying to flirt with the maid?" I laugh, tuck a lock of hair behind my ear and watch him through the car's central rearview mirror.

He's not ugly, I even find him cute with his almond-shaped eyes and his crooked smile. He must be around my age, at most, and judging by the perfect hand, he hasn't hunted in a while.

"Does it work ? I see you watching me, you know."

"Do you work as a hunter?"

"Yes, but I am on leave due to a work accident. He showed me the hook hanging on his second hand. Neverland is not for me. "

"Did Blake hire Hook?"

"Aim a little lower, I'm Mouche's son, can't that be seen with my glasses and my red nose? They call me the Crocodile."

My eyes widened, did he really just say what I think he said? I look more closely at his eyes and see the black color surrounding his right eye. There are many legends and rumors about him. One of the main ones is that he is an independent hitman, the other is that he loves to eat pirates and above all that he thrives on being magical. I sink into my seat, my heart pounding in my chest and my saliva blocking my throat.

"Breathe Ruby, you and I want the same thing, to save Princess April from Blake's clutches. I've known she's been here for a few days and she's caused a huge mess in Neverland. Peter wanted her so much that he went crazy when she passed the tests."

"So you kidnap a pregnant woman to get the princess because Peter Pan can't move his ass on his own? "

He smiles with his beautiful happy teeth, he likes my sincerity, he wasn't lying about that. I've never seen two dimples marked in the same place at the same time, I find it delightful. The crocodile is attractive, perhaps that is why there are so many rumors about it.

"The king only leaves the kingdom for two reasons: to kiss or to steal shadows. Does the princess have a shadow?"

"Yes, she has a shadow but I doubt she has a soul."