weatheredlaw:

from Hyacinth:

“Nice digs,” Royal said, looking around the motel room. Rosie was gone, hiding in to woods nearby. She’d taken off in the middle of the night to throw the Captain off, but he knew that. Royal enjoyed a game. Cat and mouse was his favorite.

“Can I help you with something?” Eli said, fingers forming angry fists at his side.

“I’d ask you where she is, but we both know the answer to that.”

“Fuck you.”

Royal clicked his tongue. “The Lady was right – you are good. But she spoke so highly of you, I would have thought you were better behaved than this. More mature.” Before he could blink, Royal slammed Eli’s body against the scratched motel door. Eli felt his head hit the rotting wood with a sickening thud and lights flashed in front of him. 

“Listen to me. You can run, oh yes. You can keep running Eli, but pretty soon, when you’re not looking, I’ll get her back.” Eli gave a croaking laugh.

“She doesn’t belong to you,” he said.

“She doesn’t belong to you either,” Royal hissed, grinning madly. “Remember that.”

Royal threw Eli away from the door and headed out into the mid-day sun, slipping his sunglasses over his face. Eli rubbed the raw spot on his throat and watched the Captain drive away. He tossed the food he’d nicked from the motel’s kitchen into the bag and headed out the door, leaving the key on the bedside table.

Royal was a master at cat and mouse. But he’d never played with Eli Dosser.

The Captain was going to have to learn a whole new set of rules. 

one post, now good night.