Chapter Summary: My Most Dangerous Game

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He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided. Rainsford woke up to the brick walls of Zaroff’s chateau. After all the events that happened last night he was very tired. He got up and cooked breakfast with some food still left in Zaroff’s house. He went on with his life like nothing was wrong living on Ship Trap Island for a few weeks or so. One early Saturday morning he woke up to a loud knocking on the door. He expected it to be one of Zaroff’s men or one of his friends. But instead it was Whitney and some of his old hunting buddies. They were finally coming back to find him. He invited them in to drink coffee and chat about their hunting adventure. They had said they killed some big game on their trip, and

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