The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 143

3rd Person

“Are we really gonna see Mommy and Daddy?”

Paisley whispered excitedly. The pups were hesitant to believe any good news after everything they’d been through, but their walls were down after so much trauma, and the costume mistress had taken their worries very seriously. She promised to take them back and not to trust anyone but their parents.

“They says they’re taking us back!” Riley exclaimed, bouncing up and down where she sat. “l can’ waits, I’m gonna hug Mommy and Daddy so tightly. I’ll never ever, ever lets go.

“What if Fabian finds us first?” Parker worried aloud. “What if it’s too cloudy to see thems again?”

“Don’ be so grumpy” Ryder scolded. “lf you thinks like that, you’ll jinx us.”

“How long ‘afore we get there?” Paisley asked the costume mistress when she returned from the caravan’s kitchen unit with a jug of hot water and a few wash cloths.

“It will be a few hours.” She tells them kindly, “And I’m sure your Mommy and Daddy would prefer to have nice clean pups returned to them” She continues, waving the cloths in their direction.

“Mommy and Daddy loves us dirty or clean.” Riley informed the woman haughtily.

“Well of course they do, but you don’t want to worry them do you?” She reasons. “They’re probably already so concerned, and they’ll feel bad if they see how hard you’ve been living. I don’t have any fresh clothes for you, but we can at least get some of the dirt off you.

This reminder made the pups submit to her ministrations. They found it annoying that grown ups were always so obsessed with being clean, but they couldn’t help but see the logic in her statement. They didn’t want their Mommy and Daddy to feel bad, and if they were completely honest, they didn’t like smelling like the sewers or feeling the grime on their soft skin.

“When was the last time you ate?” The costume mistress questioned once they were recognizable as pups -rather than street urchins- once more.

“A nice llama farmer gave us food the day ‘afore yesterday.” Parker explained, “we didn’ really have anything with the orphans.”

children for a time” The woman surmised. “That

out the story behind the little one’s adventure without asking directly. She could

just tricks and playing pretend.” Paisley murmured, her young eyes look far more haunted than should be possible. “Only Mommy and

close.” Ryder nods in agreement.

calling for

to see you.” The costume mistress assured them.

from thems?” Parker wondered aloud, speaking thoughts he hadn’t aloud himself to voice with his siblings. As the oldest, he often considered it his job to protect the others, but now that there was an adult to ask- now

The

But sometimes bad

questions. If Parker had shared his worries she might have told him she feared the same thing. But after everything happened with Jane and Eve, her

the only thing

them.” She whispers,

costume mistress empathized. “You’ll be together again soon enough. I

They’d heard promises like this before, but so far no one they’d met on their journey had been truly trustworthy. Anita’s goons had promised they were safe, only to take them so far away. Thomas and Mary had been kind, but they’d only gone to the police. Sophie had promised to be their friend, only to hand them over to Fabian as his first command. Could this grown up be trusted

of the caravan back in Alta Montaña, they immediately began scanning the small town’s streets for signs of their parents – or even Sophie. They saw nothing at first, and the costume mistress took Ryder and Paisley’s small paws

attention to themselves. They came to a stop behind a clothing shop, and the costume mistress pursed her l!ps. “All these shops are closed now. Perhaps we should try checking with

back and forth between one another, silently conferring. Eventually, Riley nodded and shared, “Mommy’s really

mistress smiled, she believed it-if their mother was even half as lovely as her pups,

and really strongs!” Paisley announced, smiling as she thought about her beloved

just like him” The

then.” The costume

anyone who looks like that has

one matching these descriptions had been about. The only travelers in the area had been a trio of three men, and a young woman in leather – all

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