Chapter 110 Bearded Men

Chapter 110 Bearded Men
XAVIER

He is staring at us without moving a muscle and by the way he is dressed and holding that crossbow, he must be a hunter. 

Why the fuck is he staring at us like that? 

My instincts controlled my hand as I reached to hold Jessica's. 

She withdrew her hand from me, making me look at her. 

She is staring at the man. 

"Ms., is this man bothering you?" the man spoke up while staring between Jessica and me. 

The fuck? 

I sensed Jessica attempting to speak. 

"Don't answer him." I retorted, making her look at me. 

I shook my head at her. 

"Yo, Dexter!" Another unfamiliar male voice took our attention. 

Another bearded man appeared from the woods behind the first hunter. They fucking look alike but differently. 

This second man is dressed in a black t-shirt, a black leather jacket, and brown baggy shorts. 

And he has a fucking shotgun. 

Great. Now there are two fucking hunters. 

They both look strange wit by their identical faces. 

"Oh. You found people." the second one said, smiling while chewing whatever. 

Probably a gum. 

He stood next to the first guy, placing his hand on the first guy's shoulder while staring at us. 

They are really identical. They must be twin brothers. 

Why does that give the fucking creeps? 

"I am Dan." the second guy said. "This is my twin, Dexter. We are hunters from a small town nearby."

"There is a town nearby?" Jessica spoke up, sounding excited. 

"Yeah, sunshine," Dan said, adding to my suspicion. 

"I am Jessica," she said, taking steps towards them and catching me off guard. 

"What the..."

"We are lost. We need to find our way back to Crystal resort," she said, stopping in front of them. 

The guys shared a look. 

"Crystal Resort?" Dan asked. 

Jessica nodded. "Please can you help us?" 

"Um...."Dexter spoke up. "The resort is not far from..."

Dan grabbed Dexter's head and began saying something to Dexter's ear. 

I furrowed my brows as I stared at them. 

Something is not right about those two. 

Fuck this. 

I began taking steps towards them. 

"Well, sunshine," Dan spoke up, smirking. "You have nothing to worry about. My brother and I will help you get to the...." he trailed off the minute I wrapped my hand around Jessica's arm, pulling her backwards and towards me. 

"Hey," 

"Thank you, guys. But we don't need your help." I said, ignoring Jessica's protest. 

The guys stared at me. 

I held their gaze as Jessica made a move to get out of my hold but I held her still, claiming the men's eyes. 

Their eyes moved back to me. 

"The pretty lady just said you two are lost, man," Dan said. 

"That's what she thinks," I said and I heard a scoff of disbelief from Jessica but that did not make me take my eyes off the men. 

"I know how to get us back to the resort," I said. 

Jessica scoffed again. "What do you mean you...."

"Shut it," I said calmly, making her face twitch. 

I raised my brows. 

She clenched her jaw. 

"Look man, we mean no harm," Dan chipped in, making me look at him. "We just want to help."

"We don't need it. Thank you," I said. 

"Ms., who is he to you?" Dexter chipped in. 

"Her uncle," I retorted, forcing Dexter's eyes to mine. 

I raised my brows. 

"Is that true, sunshine?" Dan asked. 

"I believe she just told you her name, Danny," I said, making the fucker look at me. 

His smirk fell. 

"Now if you two good Samaritans could excuse us, we will be on our way," I said, taking Jessica's hand and leading the way towards another direction. 

I braced myself while walking as I waited for the two motherfuckers to make a fucking move. 

But I got nothing. 

We kept walking and a few minutes went by. 

Still nothing. 

I looked behind me as we walked. 

No sign of them. 

Those two must have something up their sleeves or they decided to fucking leave us alone. 

It's definitely the latter. 

I need to be on.....

"Let go of me," Jessica took my attention after snatching her hand from my hold. 

"I cannot believe you," she said, walking ahead of me. 

"What?" 

She turned to me. "One minute you are apologizing for being a jerk and the next you are acting like one. You just rejected our only chance of getting back to the resort!" she said, gesturing her hand in the direction. 

"And I was stupid enough to go with you," she added. 

"The only chance I know I just rejected is the chance of those morons taking advantage of you," I said, making her furrow her brows. 

"What?" 

"You heard me."

She scoffed. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"A fucking random guy calls you sunshine with that fucking smirk and you think it is a good thing?" I asked, regretting not punching the fucker in the face for calling her that.

She let out a scoff in disbelief. 

"You have got to be kidding me right now. You rejected our only chance to get back to the resort because he called me a nickname?" 

"Not just that. The same fucker was saying something to the other fucker's ear. That should look odd to you." 

"Oh my.....are you serious right now?"

I stared at her. 

"It doesn't look odd. What is wrong with you?" 

"I am sorry to say this but you are being so fucking  naive right now and it is getting annoying," I said, trying all I can to tame my fucking anger. 

"You are being an irredeemable jerk!" she snapped. 

"Look, I don't care what you say or do. I am taking us back to the resort. We are not taking help from fucking strangers, got it?"

She scowled at me. 

"I will take that as a yes. Now let's move." I said, walking ahead. 

"I am not going anywhere with.....ahhh!!!!!"

I quickly turned to her and I saw her leaning down and holding her ankle that had blood flowing out. 

My heart dropped. 

I ran back to her, leaning down and placing my hand on her leg. 

"What the fuck happened?" 

"I don't know! I think something bit me!" she cried. 

"Wha....." I paused, looking around the ground. 

I saw a skinny green snake crawling away. 

I froze. 

"Oh shit," 

"What?" Jesssca took my attention. She is looking at me with panic dancing on her face. 

"What bit me?" she asked. 

"Hang on," I said, taking off my jacket. 

"What are you doing?"

I didn't respond but ripped my jacket. It was easy. Thank goodness it is not a hard material. 

I ripped out a piece and quickly tied it around her ankle, right above the bitten area. 

"Oh my God. A snake bit me?" 

I looked at her. 

She is about to burst out. 

"Don't panic. This would hold it down till we get to the resort."

"Oh no," she cried out. "God I am going to die!"

"You are not..."

She let out a cry, making me heave a sigh. I looked at my watch. 

We are just a few minutes away from the resort.

The GPS in my wrist watch just confirmed that. 

Alright. Enough of these woods. I need to get her out of danger. 

I got on my feet and quickly picked her crying ass up bridal style. 

I began walking in the direction as she kept crying. 

Actually, I am running. 

I don't know how long the restraint would hold before she sees the medics and gets injected with antivenom. 

God, this is fucked up. 

I shouldn't have let us stay this long in this fucking forest when I clearly know how to get us back. 

I looked at her as she cried. 

She is still conscious. 

Good. Keep crying. 

We have a few minutes please. 

I kept running and running. 

Not long later, I got out of somewhere and the resort is right in front of me. 

I couldn't help my relieved smile. 

"Found it," I said, moving my eyes to Jessica. 

My heart dropped. 

She passed out. 

"No no no, Jessica!"

Still out. 

"Jessica!" I shook her but got nothing. 

Fuck.