Breaking Silence by Elle James

Author:Elle James [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc

Chapter 9

Nora gathered the little girls close to her as they cried and shook. They were so scared and had every right to be. Their captors couldn’t have anything but bad intentions for them. They were probably on their way to being sold into the sex trade.

Nora’s heart squeezed hard in her chest. These children did not deserve the life their captors had in store for them. They deserved to be children, to run, to play and to learn to read and write and become responsible, productive citizens.

Nora would have considered jumping out of the back of the truck as it moved along the dusty road, but for two things.

One, the two scary guards sitting near the tailgate, rifles resting across their thighs.

Two, she couldn’t abandon the children.

If there was any way to get them out of their current situation, she had to try. For sure, she couldn’t abandon them.

They drove for a very long time, dust kicking up behind them, filling the back of the truck, making Nora’s throat dry and making her cough.

Nora held Taara in her lap.

The child lay with her head against Nora’s breast, asleep in the dark and dust.

Even the armed men sitting with the children in the back of the truck nodded off several times.

At one point, Nora considered taking one of their guns and shooting them both. But the thought of missing, and the ensuing shooting match that might follow, made her rethink that option. She didn’t want one of the children to be hit in the crossfire. And the truck would still be moving. How would she get the children off without injuring one or more of them? And injured, how would they find their way back to the base or to someone who would help them?

The long straight roads turned curvy, and the truck engine strained on an incline. By the feel and sound of the engine downshifting, they were heading into hills.

When they finally came to a stop, Nora jerked awake.

The men in the bed of the truck with them dropped down and started grabbing children. One of the men dropped a child. When the little girl hit the ground, she cried out in pain.

Nora lurched forward. “Stop! Don’t hurt them! They’re just children,” she shouted. “I’ll get them down.”

The man grabbed her arm and yanked her off the truck without giving her a chance to get her feet beneath her. She landed on her side. Pain ripped through her hip and leg.

He jerked her up by the arm and dragged her toward the building. The only light she had to go by was from the headlights of the truck.

Nora looked back at the man tossing children to the ground.

Taara was lifted off the truck and dropped to the ground. She hit hard and fell to her knees.

Nora cried out and reached for her.

Taara struggled to her feet and ran after Nora, crying.

Nora fought to free her arm from her captor’s grip. She shook loose and ran for the little girl.

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