Stranded (Auctioned Book 2) by Cara Dee

Author:Cara Dee [Dee, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

Hope lifted the spirits of most of the boys, and it gave them an appetite Darius hadn’t seen before. When Ryan and the young men he’d been in charge of had arrived at the new spot, they’d focused on building a fire and catching more fish. Which was good; if they’d put their energy into making the camp comfortable, the time would’ve been wasted.

Using the dirty cushions from the tender, some clothes, and a couple logs, everyone formed a circle around the fire that afternoon and started going through their food storage in record time. A fish barely left the grill before it disappeared.

Cole and Gray were less enthused. They ate and drank plenty of water, but they didn’t get in on the excitement or share what they were gonna do once they got home. Niko was quiet as well, though he tried to look happy for Owen’s and Rob’s sakes. The boys were gonna hug their moms, they were gonna shower for hours, eat real food, and sleep for days. Except for those who’d been on Niko and Jonas’s crew; those boys had similar vows like Fil. They were gonna try to reconnect with their parents and get off the streets. Owen was going to swallow his pride and move in with his dad and stepmom. He felt stupid for having run away when his parents had divorced.

Every kid had a story, and they were getting increasingly difficult to keep track of.

Darius and Ryan didn’t have the heart to tell them they were all going to suffer through endless exams and interviews first. Doctors would poke and run tests, and the police were going to have a shitload of questions.

The latter was something they had to discuss now.

“I think the crabs are done.” Fil peered into the large tin can that hung over the fire and stirred the water with a stick. “Man! Uh, no, never mind, that one moved.”

A handful of the boys laughed.

“Bro.” Ry nudged Darius’s side.

He nodded in response and put some more fish into his mouth. “All right, guys. It’s time to talk.” Everyone quieted down and faced Darius, all while stuffing their faces. “Since we haven’t had any real contact with the outside world, we don’t know how everything’s gonna go down when they pick us up.”

“It’s likely we’ll be taken to Nassau or another nearby town in the Bahamas,” Ryan said.

“Do you think we’re far away from the US?” Tai wondered.

“Not too far,” Darius replied. “Nassau’s just closer. Miami and Fort Lauderdale, whichever place we fly into from there, is about an hour away.”

Ryan spoke again. “And once we get there—back home—the authorities will be all over you.”

Everyone sobered at that.

“This is where you gotta pay attention,” Darius told them. “To make your futures safer, we can’t mention a single word of any resistance we’ve put up.” He paused. “We don’t wanna make you guys targets. And that goes for Ryan too.”

Ryan smirked a bit. “We didn’t exactly use legal means to find you, and we have some friends who’ve helped out that we intend to protect from this.

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