Author's POV
Lily didn't scream.
She didn't even whimper.
When the masked man's hand clamped over her mouth and her feet lifted off the sidewalk, her eyes went wide, her heart kicked like a trapped rabbit—but not a single sound escaped her lips.
She didn't know exactly what they'd do if she screamed. She just knew it wouldn't help.
Bad people didn't like loud things. Mom said that once.So she stayed quiet. Ridiculously, impossibly quiet.
The man didn't even have to fight her when he pulled out the tape.
He'd expected a tantrum. A flailing, kicking, biting mess.
Instead, she just sat there like a doll someone forgot to wind up.
"Kid broken or what?" the driver muttered, glancing in the rearview as he gunned the engine.
"Shock, maybe. Whatever it is, I'm not c
