The Hunters 07 - I'll Be Hunting You by Shiloh Walker

Author:Shiloh Walker [Walker, Shiloh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-30T01:31:42+00:00

Chapter Five

“What?”

With one foot on the porch, Eli paused and looked back at Sarel. She still stood on the gravel driveway just behind him, her hands tucked into the pockets of a long leather coat. Her green-gold eyes met his and she shrugged helplessly.

The night was cold. It didn’t affect Eli, although he could feel the cold. It just didn’t cause him any discomfort. It should bother Tori though. She was still half human. She sat on the swing at the far end of the porch with her legs tucked up under her and one hand on the back of the swing.

She was wearing a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. Nothing else.

She ought to be freezing.

“Why don’t we go inside?” Eli asked softly.

Tori just shrugged. “I like it out here.” She lifted her face and stared up at the sky. Through the bare branches of the trees, they could see the star-dappled sky and the moon that gleamed down with a clear, cold light. It highlighted the soft planes of her face. Her thin face.

Eli moved a little closer, hardly able to believe this was Tori in front of him. She was little more than skin and bone. She’d lost far too much weight. “Tori…pet…you look like hell.”

A faint smile appeared on her lips for a brief moment. Then it was gone. “I’m not looking to win beauty contests, slick.” She glanced down at her body and shrugged. “I don’t have anybody to look good for. Not anymore.”

Eli didn’t know what to say. Sarel stepped forward. She paused by him long enough to kiss his cheek and then she walked over to the swing and sat down by Tori. Tori frowned and edged a little away, like she couldn’t stand to have anybody that close. “He’s worried about you.”

Tori glanced at Eli and shrugged. “Yeah, I know. You’ve been shadowing me for the past two weeks to tell me that? Very careful shadowing, might I add. Gatlinburg isn’t that big a town but you all have been very careful not to get too close.” She rose from the swing and moved over to the wooden railing. She braced her elbows on it and leaned forward. The cabin was perched on the edge of a deep ravine and she stared down into the darkness below for the longest time before she said, “He’s worried, I know. Malachi is worried, I know. Even you’re worried. But why are you really here?”

“We just want to help.”

Tori turned around and looked at them. Her breathing never changed. Her face was immobile. But tears rolled down her face. The pain in her eyes seemed to scream silently. “Help me? What can you possibly do to help? There’s nothing anybody can do to help.”

“You want to just curl up and die?” Sarel’s voice was cool, almost cold. Eli looked at her and opened his mouth but she sent a quelling look. “Is that what you want?”

“Yes!” Tori snarled the word, all but spitting it in Sarel’s face.

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