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34 | Chapter XXXIV - In A Hunters Arms

M83 - Oblivion ft Susanne Sundfør

        "You cannot run from me." She laughs sinisterly into the darkness. "I am everywhere."She whispers in my ear, but when I turn around - she's gone. I am alone.

      "I am oxygen itself. The thing that keeps your pathetic self alive, If I wanted you dead...you would be dead." She speaks as my oxygen cuts off. I begin choking.

     I can't breathe. There's no air.

      I grab both hands around my throat as  I gasp for air.

Catori's loud cackle fills the dark void.

    "Never underestimate me b*tch."

*****

     "Cece wake up, we're almost here." Someone shakes me awake lightly. I open my eyes and look up into a pair of Ocean blue ones, Hunter looks down at me and smiles lightly.

      I lean up from his lap and look around from outside the car window. We are in the middle of nowhere - I don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.

      We are so deep into the forest that its not even a road we are on anymore, instead - it's just dirt that has been filled with snow. I begin to panic as my brain comes up with unusual scenarios of me dying.

      My breathing increases as Alek appears out of the SUV in front of us and creeps over the snow - avoiding getting wet as much as possible before she chaps on the window.

      Part of believes they are going to kill us. We're completely isolated - it would be so easy for them. Who's to say they're not working for Catori?

      Alek flashes me a familiar smile as Hunter rolls down the window. Her small height means that we can barely see her and I cannot help but snicker as I try to hide my laughter in my sleeve as I raise my hand to my face.

       Hunter then opens the car and allows her to come in beside us, she flashes a a big smile and releases a soft chuckle as she sits in with us.

       She then turns to Hunter.

     "You've never been into the Kingdom have you?" She asks, Hunter shakes his head. "So you don't know how this works or why we are here?" She raises an eyebrow at us.

      "Yeah, nope. No idea about a lot of things honestly, I only turned for the first time and was introduced to this world about four months ago..."

      "Four months?" Alek asked,"And you've been through everything in just four months? You deserve a damn break." She rolls her eyes and smiles at me. All thoughts of her brutally murdering me vanish, she's tiny. A good enough blow to the face would take her out.

       "Hopefully when we enter you might get some peace," she stopped, "you've earned some damn peace." Alek speaks enthusiastically.

       Realising that she was going off topic, Alek began to explain why she come over to our car.
"We are currently at one of the two gates to the Ferolc Kingdom, in a minute we will enter but I just wanted to give you a heads up as we enter."