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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.”

“Owie!” Paisley complained, rubbing her arm. A bruise was quickly forming on her delicate skin from colliding with some heavy equipment. Looking towards the offending items, she noticed a

you okay?” Riley asked in concern, surveying her sister for

Paisley pointed towards the drawers, and curiously pulled them open. Inside she found a plethora of nails,

and four by fours in the cargo bay, the rightful owners were probably construction workers.

as 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

question 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 while the boys tumbled out of the van and pretended to run off into the

says we go big.” Riley confided. “The boys are I

if we’re

the door at all. Is open now, maybe we can just use

tell the boys to run, I’ll set

the truck, thoroughly distracting Anita, “Hey, get

her, turning back and dumping the nails over the ground. As soon as she heard

and the agonized screech of a she-wolf treading on an

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

genius!” Parker praised his

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 had to turn forward again, lest she

and deeper into the forest, only stopping until they were completely out

formed a small circle and helped brace each other’s weight. “What do we do now?” Ryder questioned. “they’re down now, but as soon as

a trail.” Parker answered, holding his stomach

a river.”

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

assured her.

Ryder agreed. “We can teach you, or

looking around the dense forest. They were 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

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