Hunter Chapter 29: Bright on the Horizon

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JASH

The smell of venison filled the apartment. I had hunted the deer myself but the vegetables were far from fresh. The nearest grocery store had an adequate supply of vegetables and fruits but I missed the food from Skyrim. I missed growing my own crops or walking to a local farm and getting produce that way.

“That’s not roadkill, right?” Alex asked as he set the table.

“From what I remember you liked that roadkill.” I teased.

“Once I got past the fact it was ******* roadkill.”

There were strict laws in place about hunting different animals including deer. As with any law, there were loopholes. So one day I had taken a deer that had been killed by a car back to our apartment. Then I had prepared it for dinner as Alex was tired from a case.

“But, no, this wasn’t roadkill.” I said. “I had to go some distance to find a place that allowed me to hunt deer with a bow and arrow this time of year.”

Alex just nodded. Every time I looked at him I couldn’t help but be in awe that a man like him existed. That someone like him wanted me to the point of being willing to leave everything he knew.

“You’re still okay with me being married to Hircine?” I asked. “You’re okay with not being the only man I have in my bed?”

I didn’t rush my husband into an answer. Instead I prepared our plates. On each I put a large piece of venison as well as a mix of potatoes and tomatoes. Soon enough we would be back on Nirn and I could prepare him a proper meal.

“I don’t know if I’m going to stop being nervous and jealous until I see him.” Alex admitted as he sat down.

“My love for you is eternal.” I reassured him. “That will never change. And I’m sure Hircine will need more than one man in his bed. I am many things, my love, but I don’t think I can sate a Daedric Prince on my own.”

“I know. I also know to be with you, I have to share you.” Alex said as I put our plates on the table. “You’re the only man I’ve ever been with. How do I know that Hircine will make me hard?”

“If you don’t want to **** him, I’m sure he won’t mind. You’re sort of the one he has to take in order to get to his desired prey.”

“That makes me feel so much better.”

“If he is your type we will be one happy ******* family, as they say.”

“They don’t say it like that.”

We laughed and started to eat. I had grown used to the taste of Earth’s food over the years and yet the longing for Nirn remained. The alcohol was not as strong and there seemed to be something lacking in the food. Now as I ate the food I knew that soon enough I would miss this.

“You’re sure that this is the year?” Alex asked.

“Is this the year you and Saga will be called to Bright Falls?” I replied.

“Yes.”

“This is 2023 so you two should be getting a call any time soon. Why do you ask?”

“You’ve been nervous these past few days.”

I must not have hidden my fear as cleverly as I had thought. Or maybe the intense bond I shared with Alex allowed my love to see beneath any façade I created.

“Once you experience the Dark Presence you’ll understand.” I said. “I have fought many foes that would break most mortals. Each of those foes I’ve managed to kill or cripple. But the Dark Presence is more of a force than an actual entity. You don’t fight it, you survive it.”

“But you and the others did fight it.” Alex pointed out. “You, Saga, and Alan might not have defeated it but you wounded it. It might even be scared of you.”

“It suffered no lasting wounds. We didn’t injure it as much as piss it off, as they say.”

“What about its ego? I’ve put powerful men into their place. They are more ashamed of their ego being harmed than anything else.”

“Maybe you’re right. But if we didn’t injure it enough, it will remain just as strong and now Oblivion-bent on revenge.”

“At least we won’t have to ******** Saga anymore. I don’t like lying to her and it’s been hard hiding my thoughts from her.”

Lying to Saga had felt like a knife being slowly twisted in my spine. She had been nothing but kind and that had only been repaid with lies on our end. If only it had taken the FBC just a little longer to discover me.

The promise had been to not tell Saga the truth and we would keep to that. But every rule and law always had a loophole to exploit. Hence the plan for me to go with them to Bright Falls. It was there that Saga would unlock her true potential and be able to see through my dryskin illusion whether she wanted to or not.

If Logan had been able to, Saga would too once she believed in her own powers.

So once Saga saw through my illusion, no lie I could tell would convince her. And if no lies would convince her then my promise to the FBC would no longer chain me like an aar.

“Soon.” I said as I continued to eat. “Soon we won’t have to lie to Saga anymore.”