Soldier Dogs #4 by Marcus Sutter

Author:Marcus Sutter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

Ace turned to face the other enemy dog . . . but once again, she didn’t seem very interested in him. All she did was stare at the boy, the way Ace might stare at Jake. What was going on? She could just be an especially bad enemy dog, but Ace thought there might be something else . . .

Never mind. Not important. He could solve that mystery later—for now, he needed to get the human pups out of this room.

Ace thought back on his training. First step, trap or disable the enemy. Good, done. Second, escape. Bingo, done. Next, help your crew. The human pups were locked in their cage with a big, heavy padlock. He needed to get those keys that were dangling from the enemy shadow’s belt. That would be easy enough—and then all he had to do was send them on a chase.

He crept up the stairs stealthily, doing his best to keep his toenails from clicking on the metal beneath them.

At the top of the stairs, three enemy soldiers stood around talking. The two who’d brought them here were still dressed in their shadow-wear, but the third and fourth were dressed like typical soldiers, in green uniforms with tall black boots.

There, from the one enemy shadow’s belt, hung the ring of keys.

Ace looked around the room. This was something he’d always impressed Jake with—using the room to help him escape. There was always a way out that only Ace saw.

After a few seconds, the plan came to him. It would be tough, and timing was essential—but if he played it right, this plan would be spectacular. Maybe the greatest escape he’d ever pulled off.

First, the easy part.

Ace darted across the room to the enemy shadow with the ring of keys on his belt. For a split second, the enemy shadow’s face twisted up, like he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing—and then Ace grabbed the keys and ripped them from his belt. The enemy shadows had barely enough time to shout before Ace leaped up to one of the thin windows in the stone wall and squeezed out into the open air.

Now the tricky part!

The minute Ace hit the grass, he laid down as low as he could—belly on the ground, limbs out flat, head so far down that the grass crunched beneath his chin. Then he waited.

Sure enough, the enemy soldiers came bumbling out, shouting at the top of their lungs and pointing off into the distance. Ace couldn’t understand their words, but he knew what they were saying. He’d seen Jake’s officers act the same way in the past during training exercises. He went that way! they were yelling. See, look at the grass? Quick, we need to catch up with him!

Ace watched as one by one, the enemy shadows went running out into the night, looking for him. He wagged his tail. Making them chase you was easy, but making them chase you when you never went anywhere? That was a skill.

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