Exiled by Brenda Rothert

Author:Brenda Rothert [Rothert, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silver Sky Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2022-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Day Seventeen—Seven teams remaining

Archer

“I’ll trade you some of my berries for some fish,” Irina said, dumping the berries she’d gathered in her shirt on the way to camp into a bowl.

I eyed the berries skeptically. “I’m not sure I would eat those. They could be poisonous.”

She shrugged. “I’ve been eating them back at my camp. Since we ran out of rice and beans, it’s all I have to eat.”

“Doesn’t Maks fish for you guys?”

She laughed. “Maks fishes for Maks. Sometimes he trades me fish for berries, but usually he only catches enough for him to eat.”

I stared at her for a second, trying to figure out if she was telling the truth. But when she pulled her T-shirt up over her head and took it off, I realized she was serious. I could see the outline of her ribs from all the weight she’d lost since the start of the competition.

Fucking great. It was Day Seventeen. Lauren was exhausted, and she was stuck with Maks until tomorrow. If that asshole didn’t feed her, I’d knock him out as soon as I got the chance.

“You don’t need to trade me anything,” I said. “I’ve got plenty of fish for both of us.”

“Okay, thanks.”

The genuine surprise in her tone sent another flare of anger rippling through me. What kind of a man let a woman starve when he could have simply shared his food?

“Want to swim?” Irina asked.

“No, I’m” I looked up from the fish I was cleaning and saw her dropping her bikini top on the ground.

What the hell? I quickly ducked my head and focused intently on separating the filets from the body of the fish.

“I don’t like tan lines,” she explained, sounding amused. “And I don’t mind if you look.”

I looked—but at Nutter instead of her. I widened my eyes to express my shock, and he grinned from behind the camera. I was grateful he was here and I wasn’t alone with Irina, because I wasn’t comfortable hanging around alone with a naked woman who wasn’t my girlfriend.

As soon as I heard Irina leave camp, I relaxed for the first time since this morning. The producers had thrown us a hell of a curveball, and I had to keep reminding myself it was temporary.

It took me about an hour to get the fish cleaned and cooked, and I made a batch of rice, too. When Irina walked back into camp, I averted my gaze.

“Can you please put your clothes back on?” I asked her.

“You don’t like the view?” she asked in a teasing tone. “At least get a good look before you decide.”

“I’d rather you just put your clothes on.”

She giggled. “What a proper gentleman you are.”

I suppressed a comment about Maks. It wouldn’t help anything to say it out loud.

“There’s plenty of food here so eat as much as you want,” I said. “I’m heading out to look for treasure chests.”

“Happy hunting,” she said. “After I eat, I’ll be in the hammock.”

I grunted in response and set out for the jungle.

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