Blood & Betrayal: Pack of Possession Saga, Book 3 by Scarlett Grey

Author:Scarlett Grey [Grey, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Freya

It wasn’t long before Kent found a small clearing where we could make camp and still have the shelter of the trees.

“Always make camp by a body of water, if possible,” Kent told me as he set the rabbit down by the fire. “Not only will you have a source of drinking water and a place to bathe, but if you’re being hunted, you can jump in the water and it’ll hide your scent.”

I nodded, unable to speak yet. I was still consumed by my thoughts, tugging at my fingers, trying not to show my nervousness at potentially losing who I was in order to be who I wanted to be.

I could feel Kent’s eyes on me, watching me, dissecting me. I was surprised he had yet to lecture me about my unwillingness to kill an innocent creature, even to nourish my body, more than he already had. I heaved a sigh, glancing away, as Kent began to collect twigs and sticks. Though he didn’t ask for my assistance, I started to do the same. Getting some space from him was something I needed, if only to clear my head a little bit.

I shouldn’t be upset by him or what he was trying to teach me. At the end of the day, I needed this information in order to achieve the goal of taking care of myself. If I didn’t want anything merely given to me, I needed to learn how to hunt on my own, even if that meant slaying a rabbit, a squirrel, even a deer. If it meant my own survival, I needed to be able to do it. Already I was failing myself. I knelt down to grab a few twigs, my nose wrinkled. If I couldn’t even pull the trigger on something so terribly basic, how was I to do it with something on a much grander scale? How was I going to do that to a monster?

By the time I finished my small collection, I tossed the twigs I found into a small pile Kent had already created. It looked like he was satisfied with the amount the two of us had gathered because he hummed as he began to study each twig before tossing it back in the pile. Finally, he settled on a thick one before grabbing a flat board I hadn’t seen him pull out and setting the stick on top of it.

“What’s that?” I couldn’t help but ask.

“It helps start a fire,” Kent said. He nodded. “Come over here. I’ll teach you.”

I hesitated. Already, I felt like a failure. Why would he continue to waste his time with me when I didn’t pass the first test between us? However, my legs moved before my head gave permission and it wasn’t long before I found myself sitting next to him on the log he had moved close to the fire pit.

“It’s imperative you know how to start a fire,” he said. I was careful not to get too close to him, even though the air took a chill and he radiated much more heat than I imagined.

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