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“I’ll be fine. I’m taking one for the team,” I reply, trying to make a joke. I then have a silent conversation with him, telling him there was no way in hell I was actually going to sleep with this man. Okay, I was playing dirty, but these were desperate times, and not like these were great men. They were using sex as a negotiating tool. When Sam gets my plan, he nods and walks over to the man. The two talk quietly. He better have told Sam the right information, information that will help us find Dane. When they are finished, the man looks to me expectantly.

Gathering all the courage I possess, I walk to the tent he pointed out. I left my bag and bow and arrow on the floor next to Gina, but I still had my knife. It was going to have to do.

“Olivia, is it?” the man asks. “My name is Aaron. It’s been a while since I had a woman, so you’re going to have to forgive the roughness.”

I turn to see him pulling his pants down. Staring at his erect penis in horror, I still take the time to notice he is much smaller than Dane is. Clearing my throat, I point to his makeshift bed, which is really just a blanket on some hay, and say, “Give me a second, please.”

Okay, think Olivia. How was I going to do this?

Pulling off my t-shirt I throw it on the floor and step towards him in my bra and pants.

“Pants off,” he demands, staring at my chest. Unable to see any other way, I slide down my pants but leave them at my knees, so my knife was still concealed. Then I sit next to him, and unclasp my bra. He stares greedily, then reaches his hand out to touch. I cringe, but allow him to fondle my breast while I slide my knife out. With one hand I cradle his head to my chest, and with the other, I bring up my knife. Not wanting to kill him, I turn the knife around, so the hilt was on top, and then I strike. With all the power I can muster, I use a trick Dane had once shown me. I hit the side of his head with the knife. When he falls face first onto the bed, I strike again, hitting the back of his head.

I then hit him again just to be sure.

He was out cold, but for how long, I didn’t know. Staying undressed just in case one of his men walked in, I start to make pretend sex moaning noises. Face red, I call out “Oh yes!” And “oh god!” And make other noises that I’m never going to be ever able to face Sam and the others after them hearing it. When half an hour passes, I dress and exit the tent. Aaron’s men cheer, like the idiots they are.

“He might need a little rest,” I announce, inciting more cheers.

I walk straight to Sam. “We need to go. Now.”

We make a quick exit.

Sam had the information.

We needed to find Dane, before Aaron found me.





Chapter Sixteen





We find a place to sleep in a hidden cave.

Sam and Wyatt take first watch, even though I offered to. Gina and I sleep next to Jase, who still doesn’t trust Fred and the rest of the new men. I sleep for a few hours and then tell Sam to get some rest. He heads inside the cave which leaves Wyatt and I standing guard.

“Do you want me to wake Jase so you can sleep?” I ask him when he doesn’t say anything.

“No,” he shrugs, “I don’t need much sleep.”

“Still,” I murmur. “Go lie down a bit.”

Jase walks out, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “Go sleep Wyatt.”

Wyatt heads inside the cave. Jase drinks some water and then glances at me. “Aaron is going to be pissed.”

“I know.”

His mouth twitches. “I’m glad you came along Olivia. I don’t think I’ve ever tried so hard not to laugh when I heard your sex noises.”

I feel myself blush. “Don’t ever bring that up again.”

“Oh come on. It’s been the highlight of this mission.”

I absently rub my wrist over my breast where Aaron touched me. I didn’t like that another man had seen me like that. It goes to show just how far I’m willing to go to find Dane.

“He’s a lucky man, you know?” he says. “Dane.”

I smile. “I think that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me Jase.”

He chuckles. “Don’t get used to it. Now stay here while I take a piss.”

Charming.

We wake everyone up as soon as the sun rises. Gina and I wash ourselves in a passing stream, and go to the bathroom behind some bushes. When everyone is ready to go, we walk. With Sam leading us, we walk all day, until the sun disappears and darkness is upon us once more. Then, we sleep. This time, under some low trees. I stand first guard this time, with Sam.

“You need to hide all that hair of yours,” he says. I can’t make out his face in the dark, but his arm is resting against mine. “Look more like a boy in case we run into any more men.”

I touch my hair. “What can I do with it? I don’t have a hat or anything, and it’s already tied in a bun. It’s not like I’m letting it down.”

“I don’t know make it less… soft and pretty looking,” he says, sounding put out over it.

I giggle. “Okay I’ll try.”

“Shhhh,” he says suddenly, gripping my arm.

“What?” I whisper, grabbing my knife.

He shushes me again, which makes me want to punch him. Suddenly, out of nowhere, catching the two of us off guard, two men appear and push us into the ground, my hands held behind my back and my knife plucked out of my hand. I hear Sam putting up a fight, the two men wrestling each other on the ground until I hear a familiar incredulous voice, “Sam?”