Eli looked over his shoulder at Christabell. He chuckled a little. "She killed her Daddy this morning, her brother swore up and down he was gonna kill or rape or whatever the kids are doing these day. Nice kid though, moves through the woods like a snake. It's incredible." Eli said before taking another drag. 

"Speaking of strange company. Didn't think you traveled with people that dumb." Eli said pointing his smoking hand at the two who seemed to spill out of the vehicle. "If you'll tell your friends to hop in the back, Eric Miller back there will drive them to a little cabin off the Cumberland. Food, water and two or three warm beds. Me and you will take a ride and sort this out. I got a couple of answers." Eli didn't tell him that the ride was to burn the car in a gully. "Oh, gonna need them smartphones and such. I can't take a chance those will be traced. Don't say no to this Hunter, it's as nice as its gonna get. I gotta ask twice, won't be no talkin."

Eli really didn't want to shoot anyone, now wasn't the time to standing around killkng die the for the fun of it. The truth of the matter was, they didn't have the time to be nice. Knowing who was involved in whatever was going on, they needed to get out of the open and to a place where they could talk and figure shit out.