There is no time to run or grab a weapon or fight. Devon and the Tiger are on us in a second. The Tiger grabs me and Devon grabs Tati, pulling her forward by the arm. He knows that is the way to make me and Courtney compliant. Sadie, too. None of us would do anything to hurt Tati. He is using my child against me.
“Don’t fight,” the Tiger says evenly in my ear. “Come with us.”
The whiplash of being recaptured so soon after accepting we were free is jarring. So jarring that I can’t speak as we’re led towards the hut.
More figures move out of the light of the hut and wait for our approach. As we get close, I see Elena standing next to the truck, her short gray hair windblown and sticking up around her face.
How did they know the signal? That’s the only thought in my mind. Maybe they overh
