Itching for a Hunt

[Jacob]

It was not a normal hunt. At least not so much as Jacob was concerned. It was new hunting with a new partner or with anyone. He'd not truly found another partner since Noel died. But this was different, this man was a stranger. But by the time they reached the woods where this cave was, Ricky was much less a stranger. And someone who had a fondness for home. It wa something he had expected to find in Nox -- after he'd resigned to the fact that the boy was a far better hunter than anyone gave him credit for, god or no.

While the car ride had been full of conversation the hike had not been. It was time to work.

Through the cave there was a loud growl, bones snapped underneath their feet. A skull rolled down the cavern floor from whatever moved in front of them. "That sounds big."