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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.”

the road and the driver slammed on the brakes, sending the pups rolling across the floor mats. “Owie!” Paisley complained, rubbing her

asked in concern, surveying her sister for signs

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

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

on steel filled the air, she understood. The tracks beneath the sliding door had to be clear in order for it to close, and even one tiny screw could prevent that from happening. “Tha’s brilliant!” She

impatient enough not to realize the door’s closed” Paisley murmured in the other pup’s ear while the boys tumbled out of the

says we go big.” Riley confided. “The boys are I ready out, and they’ll notice the

even if

maybe we don’ need to block the door at all. Is open now, maybe we can just use these to keep

tell the boys to

truck, thoroughly distracting Anita, “Hey,

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

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

simply to pause long enough to laugh, but they knew

praised his sister.”They

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 anguished crying burst from

the forest, only stopping until they were completely out

double and gasping for air, they formed a small circle and helped brace each other’s weight. “What do

a way to get far away without leaving a trail.” Parker answered, holding his stomach as a stitch

a

could think 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 never

Parker assured her.

can teach you, or find

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 as the eye could

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