Fight to Be Free by Dave Bowman

Author:Dave Bowman [Bowman, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-22T22:00:00+00:00

21

Mia was exhausted. She fell asleep as soon as she lay down in the sleeping bag.

But she hadn’t been asleep long when she felt herself being grabbed by rough hands. They were dragging her by her legs. In her sleepy confusion, she didn’t know what was happening. When she finally opened her eyes, she couldn’t see who was grabbing her. He flipped her on her belly, and he was tying her hands together behind her back.

She screamed and kicked, tried to twist out of his grasp. Bethany was still asleep, and she was such a heavy sleeper that not even Mia’s screams woke her.

The man set her back down in the tent, and she finally could get a look at him. He had a long beard and glasses, icy blue eyes and light brown hair, a flannel shirt and jeans. But something was wrong with him. She saw it instantly.

He was insane.

“No one can hear you scream,” he said, grinning at her.

He blocked the tent door and wouldn’t let her out. He grabbed Bethany’s feet and shook her, jostling her until she awoke. Bethany’s eyes were slow to open, and when they finally fell on the strange man, they opened up in terror.

She kicked at him and he lunged at her, tying her hands behind her back as well.

“No! Let me go!” Bethany screamed, thrashing wildly. “Charlie! Trina! Help!”

Her crazed eyes caught sight of Mia shaking in the corner.

“Run, Mia!” she screamed.

But the man had them both trapped. He had two rifles on his back and Mia was afraid one might go off as he struggled with them.

Soon, he backed out of the tent and looked at his two captives.

“Your friends are unconscious. There’s no one to save you. We’re leaving. Get up and start walking.”

Mia peeked at Bethany, who looked fierce and angry. “We’re not going anywhere.”

He picked up a third rifle from the ground outside the tent and pointed it at them.

“Get out,” he said evenly, with narrow eyes. “Now. If you want to live long enough to see your baby, that is.”

Bethany’s shoulders began to shake as she wept. Mia watched as she scooted on her knees to the tent door. The man jerked her up to her feet, holding on to her arm.

In a flurry of frantic activity, Bethany tried to wrestle her arm free and bolt, but the man had her tight.

“You’re not getting away from me, so there’s no use in fighting it,” he said. “This is your destiny.”

He glanced at Mia, who was huddled in the corner of the tent, trapped like a wild animal. He motioned with his head for her to go to him.

“Come on out, girl.”

Mia stared at him, panicked. Where were Trina and Charlie? And when would Nick and the others return? She had no idea how long they’d been sleeping. Maybe she could stall long enough until Nick returned.

He pointed the gun at her and her hands went cold. Suddenly, her ideas about stalling or running away vanished. All she could see or think about was that barrel aimed at her.

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