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“We have to get ‘way from her before she can split us up Riley fretted, exchanging worried glances with her siblings.

“How can we ‘scape though?” Paisley countered. “

The doors are locked!”

They were locked in the back of yet another windowless van and speeding down the King’s road, which connected the tropical port to the Southern Isles’ capital city. They knew from eavesdropping on Anita and her goons that they would reach the royal palace within a few hours, and by then it would be too late.

“We should tell her we have to go potty” Parker suggested, “then shell stop and we can run away”

“1 dunno if she’d stop for that.” Ryder added skeptically, “I think she’d just say to hold it”

“Say you’re gonna be sick then!” Riley mused, “| bets she’ll believe you after how sick you got on the boat”

“Yeah, say you’re gonna make a huge mess she’ll have to clean up.” Paisley contributes.

“And be reaaally whiny!” Riley instructed.

At once, the boys raised their young voices to shrill howls. “Stop the car! I’m gonna puke!” Parker shouted.

“Me too!” Ryder added, “It’s going too fast!”

“Shut up you brats!” Anita bit back, glaring into the back of the vehicle.

The boys clutched their bellies and began rolling around on the floor, moaning and wailing. In the end, it probably wasn’t the imminent danger of their sickness which broke the traffickers will, but the sounds of their faux misery. Anita lost her patience almost instantly, slamming her hands against the dashboard and telling the driver to pull over. “Stop now, before l lose my f*****g mind.”

rubbing her arm. A bruise was quickly forming

concern, surveying her sister for

look at this.” Paisley pointed towards the drawers, and curiously pulled them open. Inside she found a

fours in the cargo bay, the rightful owners were probably construction workers. “We can put these in

and the unmistakable rumbling of steel on steel filled the air, she understood. The tracks beneath the sliding door had to

is whether we makes it obvious and just run, or hope she’s impatient enough not to realize the door’s closed” Paisley murmured in the other pup’s ear

confided. “The boys are I ready out, and

even if we’re

now, maybe we can just use these to keep them from following” Paisley pulled

“you go first and tell the boys to

and leapt out of the truck, thoroughly distracting Anita, “Hey, get

past her, turning back and dumping the nails over the ground. As soon as she heard the boys and Paisley take off, she began running too, sprinkling the nails over the earth

series of outraged shouts from their kidnappers, soon followed by the crash of footfalls through the undergrowth and the agonized screech of a she-wolf treading on an upturned spike. Her howls of pain were quickly joined by those of her companions, as the city dweller’s thin shoes did little

look back, or simply to pause long enough to laugh, but they knew they had to keep going. They

Parker praised his sister.”They won’t

under his approval, tossing a nervous glance over her shoulder to make sure he was right. All four wolves were hopping on one foot, holding the afflicted limb in their hands and crying out in torment. As she watched, the tallest man managed to land his intact foot on another upturned nail, which sent him flying. Too afraid to put pressure on his already impaled toes and heels, he landed on his tailbone – hard. A new level of

deeper into the forest, only stopping

other’s weight. “What do we do now?” Ryder questioned. “they’re down now,

a way to get far away without leaving a trail.” Parker answered, holding

need a river.” Riley

it through, and now her siblings were looking at her expectantly, waiting for her to finish her thought. Sighing when she realized they weren’t just going to forget, she added, “l can’t swim.” Her heart had

assured her. “We’ll help

or

so deep in the wood that the canopy was blocking out the sun completely, and no matter which direction she turned, there was simply a sea of trees as far

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