THE CHOSEN ONES ( PART SIX )

Nathen stood by, the anger building up inside him
as he watched his hard work going up in flames then
to ashes, 'thankfully his family were nowhere to be
seen, how had he and his men been so stupid as to
let this happen?' he thought to himself.

In all the years he had been hunting, he had never
been captured, but these hunters had caught them off guard. They had decided to take a break from
their hunt, it was a hot day, so he had decided that he and his men would go for a swim in the river, which he knew in his mind was a big mistake and now they were paying for their stupidity.

Nathen fidgeted, he and his men had been tied up
together, he felt uneasy and worried for them, he
decided it must be his age, he thought, ' must be
getting older and slower these days.'

The tallest of their captors approached Nathen,
he questioned him, "you have a family?"
"no," said Nathen, not wanting to give his family
away. "You lie!" he brought Nathen's face close to
his own, Nathen could smell his foul breath it made
him feel nauseous.

The hunter's name was Jonah, he was even more muscular than Nathen with a dark beard which gave
him an air of authority, he drove his men with fear, the other men knew he was capable of evil
torture if they did'nt do his vile deeds, Jonah
was driven by control. "Well," said Jonah,
"if they are to be found, we will find them. What's
your name?"
"My name is Nathen, not that it's any of your
business."
Jonah just stared at him laughing, "well Nathen you
seem like a strong man, now you will hunt for me."

Nathen became agitated, "but I'm a leader, I hunt
with my own men," Nathen looked at his men for support, but they all seemed to scared to speak up.
"Well you ain't no leader now," said Jonah,
"now move it!" Jonah pushed Nathen so hard, that he
fell to the ground, "get up you miserable varlet,"
shouted Jonah, still laughing.

It had taken a lot of coaxing to persuade Jay not to shout out for his father, Evelyne had whispered
to her son that these were bad men and that they
could all be killed if he made a sound, Jay thankfully seemed to understand. Evelyne watched as
the men marched off through the forest, she was to
afraid to move.

To be continued .......THE CHOSEN ONES ( PART SEVEN ) | ABCtales