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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.”

sending the pups rolling across the floor mats. “Owie!” Paisley complained, rubbing her arm. A bruise was quickly forming on her delicate

Riley asked in concern,

pulled them

the van from the port, and based on all the tools and four by fours in the cargo

Anita slid the side door open and the unmistakable rumbling of steel 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

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

I

even if we’re

Is open now, maybe we can just use these

“you go first and tell the boys to run,

thoroughly distracting Anita, “Hey, get back here! | didn’t give

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

crash of footfalls through the undergrowth and the agonized screech of a she-wolf treading on an upturned

to stop and look back, or simply to pause long enough to laugh, but they knew they had to keep going. They had to put some distance

was genius!” Parker praised his sister.”They won’t walk for

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 anguished crying burst from his lips as his backside was also punctured by the many nails, and Paisley

into the forest,

formed a small circle and helped brace each other’s weight. “What do we do now?”

a trail.” Parker answered,

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 never been strong enough to handle any type of cardio activity, so she’d missed out on a lot of fun

Parker assured her. “We’ll

Ryder agreed. “We can teach you, or find something for you

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 as the eye could see. She c****d her ears, listening for any signs or sounds of

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