King's Reign (The Xander King Series Book 4) by Bradley Wright

Author:Bradley Wright [Wright, Bradley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-28T22:00:00+00:00

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Sliver of Hope

“Would you please shut her up?” the Mexican man—the one they were calling boss, and the one the pretty lady had walked away from—shouted to one of his men at the back of the plane.

Carrie had tried a moment ago to calm the girl beside her. She knew nothing good would come from making these people angry. At the last minute, they had decided to bring the younger girl along with them. While Carrie was glad that she wasn’t alone, she was heartbroken that this girl, who looked as if she wasn’t a day over thirteen, had been brought into this. Whatever this was. The girl reminded Carrie of her sister, Bethany. That made things even harder, because all she wanted to do was be back safely on their cruise ship, trying her best to keep Bethany from annoying her. She longed for that, something she never thought she would say. But right now, this girl beside her really needed to calm down. She was really agitating the man in charge.

“Hey,” Carrie whispered to her.

Like her, the girl’s hands were bound by rope behind her back. They had put them on the floor of the plane in the very back, where the luggage was supposed to be.

A big bald man, whose face looked as if someone had just beat him up, turned from the seat in front of them, shouted something in Spanish, and made the little blonde girl cry even harder. Carrie knew she had to get through to her.

“Hey,” she said a little louder, raising her voice above the hum of the plane’s engine. “It’s okay. We’ll be okay if you just look at me . . . okay?”

The girl sniffled once, then stifled the oncoming cry as she raised her head to meet Carrie’s eyes.

“We’re going to be okay, I promise. We just need to do what they say until we land. Then I’ll find a way to get us away from them. All right?”

The girl swallowed hard, tried to speak, but when words failed her, she just gave Carrie a hopeful nod. Carrie scooted closer to the girl, kissed her on the forehead, and gave her a smile. Comforting the girl somehow brought her own anxiety level down a notch.

After quieting the girl, the terribly dressed man with the shifty eyes at the front of the plane left the two of them alone. The small victory somehow gave Carrie a sliver of hope. Though she had no idea who these men were, where they were taking her, and what they planned to do with the two of them once they got there, at least they were okay for now. She would dip into her knowledge of mystery shows that she had watched on television so much over the years to find her next move. She knew that every opportunity would be a small one, and if she hoped to get away, she would have to be ready.

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