Page 87 of The Hunt

“Yes,” I murmured, savoring the tantalizing ache between my legs. “I’m in big trouble.”

“Yeah, you fucking are, princess. So what should I do with you now that I’ve finally caught you?” Rhett hoisted my legs over his shoulders, lowering his head until I felt his hot breath fanning over my pussy through the holes in the mask. “Should I lick you until you almost come? Make you scream and beg for it? Or do you want me to shove my cock in you, even though we both know it won’t fit in this tight little hole?”

“I… I want…” Suddenly I couldn’t speak my mind, even though I knew this wasn’t real. Itfeltreal, and that was enough to make me shy away.

“Say it,” Rhett commanded. “Or do you want to be punished more?”

Heat flared inside me.Yes.That was exactly what I wanted. I reached down, suddenly desperate to touch myself, but Rhett growled and slapped my hand away.

“Your pussy belongs to me,” he said. “And I didn’t give you permission to touch my property, did I?”

“Punish me, then,” I gasped out, my body desperately arching toward his hand. “Show me what I need.”

He slapped my pussy again, twice in quick succession, making me cry out as jolts of pain and pleasure collided inside me. Then he ripped the mask off, revealing his handsome face and cold smirk before he tilted his head back down.

His hot mouth closed over my pussy, devouring me with his lips and tongue. At the same time, three fingers slipped inside me; two in my pussy, the other in my ass. They pumped in and out, stretching me until my core ached for more.

“I’m not letting you come, baby,” Rhett said, pulling back to look at me. His fingers were still roughly pumping in and out of my ass and pussy. “I’m going to get you right to the edge, and then I’m going to fuck your ass until you beg me to give yourpussy some attention. But it’s not gonna happen, princess. This is all for me. Not you.”

Somehow, knowing he was going to deny my orgasm turned me on even more, and I jolted on the bed, eyes squeezing shut as pleasure rocketed through me. Rhett returned his mouth to my clit and slid another thick finger into my ass, stretching me past my limits.

I gasped at the burning intrusion, wincing from the pain, and my eyes flew open to reveal the meager cabin around me.

I took a deep breath, head shaking slightly.Oh my god.What the hell was that dream?

I swallowed hard and lifted my chin, looking toward the closest window. The sky outside had begun to lighten, hinting at dawn’s approach. The safe zone wouldn’t be safe for much longer.

The others were still asleep, apart from Cheryl, who was chewing on a muesli bar and staring morosely at the other window. A mix of guilt and concern instantly surged through me. If Cheryl had fallen into the spike pit next to Chris, she would’ve died never knowing what happened to her sister, and I had a feeling that was exactly what she was thinking about right now.

I sat up straighter, blinking the sleep out of my eyes. I couldn’t change the past and bring back Chris, but I could do better now. Could do more to save everyone. Maybe even get those answers for Cheryl somehow.

I murmured ‘good morning’ to her, even though we both knew it was pretty fucking far from a good morning, and then I grabbed a muesli bar and dug my map out of my bag. I pored over it for ten minutes as I ate my breakfast. Then I waved at Cheryl to attract her attention without waking the others.

She shuffled closer, forehead creasing. “What’s up?”

“I think I might know where the tunnel entrance is,” I whispered back. “Approximately, anyway.”

Her expression brightened. “Seriously?”

I nodded. “Like I said, it’s just an approximation, but it’s better than us just cluelessly wandering around, right?”

“Yes. Let’s wake everyone up. They should all hear this,” she said. She stood and clicked her fingers loudly. “C’mon, guys. Time to wake up. We’ve got fifteen minutes before we need to head out, and Everly has an idea.”

Once everyone was gathered around me, I spread my map out again and pointed to a spot on the far west side of the island. “I think this is where Wildercliff Estate is. If we—”

“Wait.” Ava cut me off, lifting her hand. “How do you know where it is if none of it’s marked?”

“When I stayed there as a kid, I went to the beach a lot, and that was right near the manor. I remember it being a small horseshoe-shaped bay, and not far from it, there was an inlet that led to a river.” I pressed my fingertip onto the map. “See this? Horseshoe-shaped bay with an inlet not far from it. It matches what I remember.”

“Oh, I see.”

“If I’m right, that means the estate is somewhere around here,” I said, pointing at the map again. “The night we sneaked out, we walked through the tunnel for about twenty minutes, and then another five minutes through the woods before we found the clearing. I’m not sure about the exact direction we went in, but you can see there’s a mountain to the south, and I don’t remember seeing any sign of a nearby mountain when we exited the tunnel, so it’s probably not that way. It wasn’t west either, because that’s the ocean. So that means the clearing has to be somewhere around here.” I pressed my fingertip to another spot on the map and slowly swept it in a small arc. “Somewhere between the north and east, around twenty-five minutes awayfrom the estate. And the tunnel entrance is only five minutes away from that.”

Jade’s brows rose, and a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes. He almost looked impressed. “Holy shit, that really narrows it down. Alot.”

“Yup.” My lips lifted in a ghost of a smile. “It’s not an exact location, but at least it gives us a vague target to aim for, so we're not just wandering around hoping to stumble on the right clearing.”

“No shit,” Nikki said. “Especially considering the size of this island. It’s fucking huge. We could’ve been wandering for days searching for that clearing.”

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