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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

I don’t really react, mostly because there are four others who are quicker than me, but I’m surprised when it’s Row who raises his rifle and fires a single bullet before the man can come any closer. It hits the man dead center on his chest and he goes down hard, sliding along the forest floor for a moment before stilling. He brought a machete to a gun fight, which, in a moment of clarity, makes me think he’d intended on getting shot. It’s a much quicker way to go out than to bid your time on this island I guess. I dread reaching that point, the loss of hope. The longer we’re on the island, the less chance we have to get off I feel, but I’m not ready to give up just yet.

While everyone is staring at the new body on the ground, I look at Row and find him panting hard, panic clear in his eyes. He doesn’t gag this time, but I can tell he wants to. He swallows over and over again, his gun still trained where the Prey had been.

“Would you look at that?” Achilles says with a grin. “Both of our babies grew up today.”

I flip him the bird, ready to punch him in his trash mouth, but Jiro interrupts the moment by clapping Row on the back.

“Welcome to the Hound Society, Row,” he says.

It suddenly all makes sense to me. The Hounds have to kill a single Prey to get in and Row just did that. It was in self-defense and panic, but it still counts I assume. By the way he’s staring down at the body with tragedy in his eyes, I’m guessing that’s the case.

The others shoulder their weapons and start moving out, but Row still stands there so I come up and take his hand. I know he hadn’t wanted to be a part of this. If I hadn’t known, this reaction would have told me everything I needed to know.

We have a true Hound in our midst now. I wonder how he feels being surrounded by Prey.

“Come on,” I whisper, and the both of us stumble after the others, knowing we need to keep fighting.

The rabbit locks fingers with the Hound and leads him deeper into Hell.

TWENTY-SIX

“We should reach the East Tower by the end of tomorrow,” Achilles says. “That is if Row’s map is right.”

“It’s right,” Row says softly, his eyes away from the rest of us. Clearly, he’s dealing with his own shit right now, so I direct the attention away from him, giving him time to grieve his loss of control on his life.