Homestead Harem by Sam Hunter
Author:Sam Hunter [Hunter, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-08T16:00:00+00:00
It took only an hour or so to travel back to the base of the mountain.
Instead of spending hours climbing up to the tunnel, I looked around on the ground, searching for any connecting passages or hidden caves. If my theory were correct, the tunnel to the farm would have to be somewhere in this area, connecting to the pass weâd taken aboveâbut I doubted Ellen climbed a whole mountain every time she wanted to go home. It had to be close to the groundâ¦I just had to find it.
I spent half the morning searching fruitlessly for hidden caves, venturing into more than a few dead ends and risking a run-in with any wolves or bear dens that might be hidden there. I doubted my axe would do much good against a mama bear protecting her cubs.
After a while, I moved to higher ground, figuring that the closer I got to Alexisâs pass through the mountain, the closer Iâd be to Ellenâs tunnelâif I had to reenter that dark pass alone and feel around in the dark for passageways, Iâd have to do it. All I knew for sure was that I wasnât coming home without at least talking to her.
It was from the top of a steep granite rock wall that I saw movement in the trees below.
Fast enough to be a rabbit, quiet enough to be a woman living on the fringe, her survival dependent on not being spotted. I jumped down from the wall, my knees biting on the landing, and darted after her through the woods.
Ellen was fastâbut limited by shorter legs than I. For that reason alone, I managed to keep her in my line of sight, but not close enough for her to know I was following. I wanted to shout out her nameâbut shouting in these woods, especially this close to Duncanâs settlement, wasnât too wise. If I could just get a little closerâ¦
The rabbit-girl darted through the forest, leading us along the edge of the mountain, north to my old farm, taking us closer and closer to Duncan and his men with every step and hop. She was heading back home, leading me right to the hidden tunnelâ
I hadnât had this thought for more than half a second before she hung a hard right, darting through a thick cover of trees towards the base of the mountain. Suddenly, a dark archway emerged from behind the fluorescent green foliage, a forgotten railroad pass leading directly into the railway tunnels. How I never found this before I had no idea, but this had to be Ellenâs pass.
As she dashed directly towards the entrance, I noticed a strange darkness in the bright green trees above her. My heart nearly stopped as I saw that hanging over the entrance to the cave, perched in a tree, was a man.
And he was holding a gun.
My voice caught in my throat. I put on a burst of speed just as the man dropped down from his branch like
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