Reggie had to start running as fast as he could as soon as that monster looking person holding a knife to Kevin's neck. Reggie never ran from anything. He was Reginald Mantle! The greatest hunter in Riverdale! He never ever ever ran away from anything! But this… this something that he had never seen before. When he had first ran into the woods looking for the beautiful brunette boy that had stolen his attention, he had expected to probably just find an old cabin in the woods filled with snow, some old drunkard man with a deformed face and his beloved Kevin bound and gagged in the cabin's basement. That's what he expected as a hunter looking for a kidnap victim.

But as he searched through the woods intensely and aimlessly at the same time, he found no mystery cabin with a deformed drunkard and his restrained future husband. As Reggie looked and looked, he feared three things looking around. He feared that he was either never going to find his beloved because he was already dead, that Tom was completely sick and disoriented when he told Reggie about his kidnapping or…

There really was a magical town hidden in the middle of these woods and he had to find hit and actually rescue Kevin from this man. Reggie didn't really believe in magic or any kind of magical lands. But as he spend days and days inside of the woods, looking for Kevin and trying to rescue him, he found out that magic was indeed real. As he walked around and saw a magical split in the woods between his own blizzard filled winter and a hot, sunny summer land, he knew that something magical as taking foot. And then he tried to rescue Kevin. And he met that beasty looking man. And that man threatened the one that he was supposed to marry.

Reggie ran through the woods now, hurrying to get back to Riverdale. He needed to tell everyone in town what he had saw. As Reggie ran through the summery woods and made his way back to the winter covered forest, he ran his knife through the trees. Making markings. Making a pathway. A path so that he would remember when he came back to rescue his beloved. Reggie ran as fast as he could, remembering his way now that it had been a month. He didn't bother to cover himself as he ran back to the woods and snow started to fall all over his body. He ran into his town. Pushing past the people that were shocked and happy that he had returned. He shoved his way over to Cheryl's estate, trying to get to the people that would believe what he had seen. Reggie slammed his palm on the door, tapping his foot impatiently as he needed to get to Cheryl, Chuck, Archie and Tom right away.

One of Cheryl's servants opened the door and Reggie shoved himself inside of the room. The servant called out to him, but he was ignored as Reggie ran up the steps to the bedroom that he remembered Tom was being held. Reggie opened the door and saw that the head huntsman was now standing up. He looked less weak and he was helping Chuck sharpen an arrow while Cheryl was cutting Archie's hair. All four of them turned as soon as the hunter entered the room. "Reggie." Archie called out. "You're back."

"It's been a whole month." Cheryl said as Tom walked over to Reggie. Tom grabbed Reggie by his elbows, obvious care and worry in his eyes.

"Did you find him? Please tell me that you found my son." Tom said. Reggie swallowed some salvia. He nodded at Tom. Tom smiled widely, happiness all over his face. Tom was excited that he child would be back. Archie, Cheryl and Chuck stood up, smiles on their faces that Kevin had been rescued and that he would be back home where he belonged. Reggie held his hand up as Tom was about to open his mouth and speak to him.

"Tom… I'm sorry. I didn't rescue him." Reggie said.

The smile on his face slowly faded and he looked at Reggie almost distraught. "It's… It's been a whole month. What… what happened?"

"That month was spend with me trying to locate the town that you were speaking off. It took me a whole month to find it. And when I did find him… come sit." Reggie said, moving over towards the bed. He and Tom sat down next to Reggie and looked right at him.

"What happened in the woods?" Tom asked. "What happened to Kevin?"

"When I found this magical split woods as you said, I actually found Kevin in those woods with a dog. I was fully planning and finding him in that town that you had talked about." Reggie said. "He must have escaped, which is why he was out there. I called out to him, but he was telling me that he wouldn't come with me… because… um, because his captor would get him."

Tom nodded, believing the lie that Reggie was spewing. "What happened?" he asked.

"I tried to bring him with me but that man, that hunter that you said kidnapped him, he showed up. I lunged at him with my sword, but he put a knife to Kevin's neck." Reggie explained, still lying to Tom.

"Was he hurt?" Tom asked. "Please tell me that he wasn't hurt."

Tom thought back on what he had done. How he had slapped Kevin and tied his ankles together. Reggie had to lie. It was the only way for Tom to believe him and for him and Kevin to actually get married. "He threatened to kill him if I didn't leave and come back home to Riverdale. But as I left, I saw him slap Kevin, tie him up and drag him off."

"What did the hunter look like?" Cheryl asked.

Archie nodded. "Yeah, what did he look like? Maybe he's from the towns over."

"No. He isn't from there." Tom and Reggie said in unison. Reggie cleared his throat and shook his head.

"That hunter that's holding Kevin. He looked… haggard." Reggie said. "Almost inhumane."

"Describe him." Tom said. "I want to know what the man I need to kill looks like."

Reggie nodded. "You and me have that in common." he said to the older and higher ranked hunter. "That man, without his cloak on… his skin was completely grey. And it was cracked like old stone. He had no hair and his eyes… were this bright blue."

"That sounds like a fairy tale. A story." Cheryl said. "Nana Rose told a story of a cursed hunter. Maybe that's who you saw."

"That's just a story Cheryl." Archie said back.

"But this man does sound cursed." Chuck retorted with a shrug.

"Cursed or not that man has my son hostage and might be hurting him." Tom said.

"Calm down Mr. Keller." Archie said in a calm soothing voice.

Tom curled his hands into his fist. That man had kidnapped his son had hurt him. Who knows what he was doing to his son now? Tom stood up from the bed. "I need to get him back. We need to get the hunters ready so that we can rescue him."

"I need to save my beloved." Reggie said.

"I'll get them gathered up." Archie said. "Don't worry Mr. Keller, we'll rescue Kevin."

Archie got up and pulled his cloak together. He walked out of the room. Chuck looked over at Tom and Reggie. "It'll take a while before we get the provisions to go out and rescue Kevin and kill the bastard that's holding him hostage."

"How long do you think that will take?" Cheryl asked.

"A month and a half if what Reggie said is true about it taking a full month to find this place." Chuck responded.

"But when I found the town, it only took me about an hour." Tom retorted.

"But that's because you we're wandering aimlessly." Chuck said, patting Tom's shoulder. "Don't worry, We'll find Kevin and bring him back."

Chuck turned over to Cheryl as Tom put his head in his hands. "He's so distraught." she said. "What will we do?"

"Just be there for him. He have to get ready to rescue his son." Chuck said. Cheryl nodded and followed Chuck out of the bedroom. Tom just stayed there sitting on the bed that Cheryl had so graciously let him sleep in for the past couple of months. The father was heartbroken. He didn't know that what Reggie had told him were complete lies. Tom shook as he thought that his child was being beaten by the same hunter that had taken him captive. This hunter that might be under a curse or have magic of his own. Tom wiped tears from his eyes and looked up to try and pray but instead saw Nana Rose just standing in the doorway. He jumped a bit, shocked that such an old frail woman had managed to walk inside so silently.

"Oh… Miss Rose." Tom said, wiping his tears. "What are you doing here? Cheryl says that you should be resting."

"Did I hear that right?" the old woman said. "Is… is that hunter boy saying that he found a cursed huntsman?"

"Yes Miss Rose." Tom answered, standing up and holding out his arm for the woman to take. Nana Rose took the arm. Tom moved to walk her back to her bedroom, but the woman started walking on her own into the guest room that Tom had been occupying.

"There was a story that I used to tell Cherry." Nana Rose said. "About a hunter that was put under a spell. Sounds similar to your endeavor Mr. Keller."

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Tom said. "Come now Miss Rose. I should get you back to bed. My son needs me."

"But what if he's happy just where he is?" Nana Rose asked.

"What?" Tom asked. "What do you mean? My son might be getting hurt? How could he be happy?"

"Well then again, what do liars do after death?" Nana Rose asked. "They lie still."

Tom looked over and stared at the older woman. "So you're saying that someone is lying to me?"

Nana Rose shrugged before rolling her eyes to the back of her head and passing out. Tom moved forward and caught the older woman. He sighed. She was old. This couldn't be facts what she was saying. Tom pulled the woman into his arms and carried her to her room. Tom laid her down onto the bed and covered her in the soft thick blanket that Cheryl had knitted specially for her. What was she talking about when she said lair? Was someone lying to him? And if someone was, why? What could they gain? Tom ignored it. Getting up and leaving the older woman's bedroom. He shut her door slowly and thought back about his son. Was his son happy? How could he? With that monster that was keeping him hostage? Kevin couldn't be happy. And Reggie had told him that he was hurt? What kind of happiness was that? Well, then again, it was similar to what Kevin had here at Riverdale.

Even though Kevin wasn't physically hurt by him or anyone else, he did feel like he was hurt inside of the town. He saw his son be sad whenever he was home from long long hunts. How Kevin felt like he never ever belonged. How Kevin felt like there was always something out there for him. Something away from Riverdale. Tom leaned against the door frame and thought. What if Kevin wasn't being hurt? What if… he just fell? What if Kevin was happy being away from him? Even if he was a prisoner. There were so many what if's that involved his son's beautiful name. What if this. What if that. What if Tom was just overthinking an older woman's riddle into something that couldn't be true? What if his son was being hurt by the stone skinned monster that has holding him hostage instead of him? What if Kevin was calling out for him? Calling out for help? Screaming for whatever pain that was happening?

Tom shook away the thoughts and made his way down the hall. He had to be Riverdale's head hunter right now. He had to gather his ax. He needed to save his son.

"I'm coming for you Kevin." Tom said to himself as he made his way down the stairs. "We're coming for you."

At whatever the cost.

I know that most of all are probably pissed at me. "Where's Joavin?!"

Next chapter! I promise you, I promise you! Things will get better! Everything will get better. I'm not the Riverdale Writers (hire me, I'll help ya'll) I won't let you guys down. Hope you all are having a happy, howdy holidays.