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Chapters (72)
  1. Dedication
  2. Prey Island Map
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. CREED
  10. SIX
  11. BILLIE
  12. SEVEN
  13. EIGHT
  14. NINE
  15. TEN
  16. ELEVEN
  17. JIRO
  18. TWELVE
  19. BILLIE
  20. THIRTEEN
  21. FOURTEEN
  22. FIFTEEN
  23. SIXTEEN
  24. SEVENTEEN
  25. EIGHTEEN
  26. NINETEEN
  27. TWENTY
  28. TWENTY-ONE
  29. ROW
  30. TWENTY-TWO
  31. BILLIE
  32. TWENTY-THREE
  33. TWENTY-FOUR
  34. TWENTY-FIVE
  35. TWENTY-SIX
  36. TWENTY-SEVEN
  37. TWENTY-EIGHT
  38. TWENTY-NINE
  39. THIRTY
  40. THIRTY-ONE
  41. THIRTY-TWO
  42. THIRTY-THREE
  43. THIRTY-FOUR
  44. THIRTY-FIVE
  45. THIRTY-SIX
  46. THIRTY-SEVEN
  47. ACHILLES
  48. THIRTY-EIGHT
  49. CREED
  50. THIRTY-NINE
  51. BILLIE
  52. FORTY
  53. FORTY-ONE
  54. FORTY-TWO
  55. FORTY-THREE
  56. FORTY-FOUR
  57. FORTY-FIVE
  58. FORTY-SIX
  59. FORTY-SEVEN
  60. FORTY-EIGHT
  61. FORTY-NINE
  62. ROW
  63. FIFTY
  64. BILLIE
  65. FIFTY-ONE
  66. FIFTY-TWO
  67. FIFTY-THREE
  68. FIFTY-FOUR
  69. FIFTY-FIVE
  70. TO CONTINUE THE ADVENTURE…
  71. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  72. ALSO BY KENDRA

But it does make us realize how much more careful we need to be. Achilles explains that though there’s likely been cleanup efforts here, either at the direction of the Hound Society or the government, the chances of radiation poisoning are high and that sounds like a fucking terrible way to die. Creed mentions your skin falling apart and melting off and that’s all I need to hear. No radiation poisoning for me. No thank you.

We decide to stay in the facility for the night. It’s protected, we have a lock on the door, and Creed finds a stash of old blankets and sleeping bags for us to lay on. Some of them are covered in mildew but there’s enough for the four of us at least. Which means for once, there’s a little bit of comfort while sleeping on the ground.

I’m lying on my sleeping bag flipping through a different journal, when I come across more information about the nuclear test they ran here.

“It says there were two bombs dropped on this island,” I announce, reading the sentence again to make sure.

“They dropped ten on Bikini Atoll,” Jiro says, clearly remembering the information from somewhere else. “Perhaps, we’re lucky and the radiation is not a problem here anymore. The wildlife is certainly thriving.”

“I haven’t seen no two-headed birds yet, so I’d say we might be good,” Creed adds with a shrug.

“That means nothing,” Achilles argues. “The coconut crabs on the Bikini Atoll apparently drink radiated water out of coconuts and they’re fine.”

I shake my head at the thought, at how much shit we’re finding ourselves in. “Great,” I grunt. “We’re being hunted by assholes who call themselves Hounds. We have to worry about other Prey assholes killing us. And now we could get radiation poisoning. I’m starting to think I really pissed someone off and Karma is out to get me.” I look up at the ceiling as if I’m talking to someone in the sky. “If you’re listening, I really didn’t mean anything when I called that lady at the supermarket a cunt. She was being a real Karen and I was trying to help.”

Creed laughs at my inappropriate prayer and settles down. We take turns in the night keeping watch even with the locked door.

You can never be too careful when predators and Prey roam the wilderness.

Especially when everyone sees you as a nice, juicy rabbit.

NINETEEN