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separated.”
    Ms. Sharon frowned. “Listen, this may be your only chance. In a couple years, you will age out of the system. This is your chance to have a home. The streets are no place for a young girl. Do you understand that?”
    Antonia nodded.
    “This is a very wealthy family. For the rest of your life, you could have everything you need. Do you want to meet them, at least?”
    “Only if they agree to take Andrew, too.”
    “It’s already been decided, sweetheart. They’re not going to adopt a boy. I’m sorry.”
    “Then I don’t want to go. I don’t care how rich they are.” She pulled her hands out of Ms. Sharon’s grasp. “Andrew and I want to stay together.”
    “This is against protocol, sweetheart, but…”
    “Please, Ms. Sharon…I want to stay with my brother,” she begged.
    “You have to be sure, Antonia. I don’t know if I’ll be able to find anyone else to take you in at this age. You’re almost old enough to work now with a permit.”
    “I know. I’m very sure.” Antonia shifted her gaze back to the courtyard where her brother and her other friends of the orphanage were playing.
    Ms. Sharon rose from the chair and patted Antonia on the shoulder before walking away.
    On Antonia’s way out, she happened to pass the office where the alleged couple that wanted to adopt her were seated. Ms. Sharon must have been in there delivering Antonia’s decision.
    “What an ungrateful child,” the woman exclaimed.
    Ungrateful child. Ungrateful…
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    “ A ntonia ?” The voice of a man called from above her. “Antonia?”
    She shot upright and her eyes flew open only to realize she was surrounded by darkness and open space. It took her only a moment to realize that she wasn’t in the truck anymore with the windows down and the air beating across her face.
    “Andrew?” she gasped.
    “You’re okay. It’s Connor.” He rubbed her gently on the shoulder. “We’re on the open water, so be careful.” He helped her get up.
    “The open water?” She looked around and yelped when she realized they were on a boat jetting across the surface of a lake. “How did I get here?”
    “You were sleeping, and I didn’t want to wake you. You actually look pretty peaceful sleeping with the boat rocking and all.”
    Antonia grabbed hold of Connor. “But I can’t swim.”
    She was always a heavy sleeper, but how had she napped through being hauled off on a boat?
    “Nothing’s going to happen to you,” he reassured her.
    “You said we were going someplace safe, but I had no idea you meant traveling by boat.”
    “There’s only a few ways to get to where we’re going. On foot, which would have taken more than a few hours, by boat like we’re doing now, or driving another thirty miles to the next city to reach the bridge. This is the fastest way. And plus, we needed to get rid of the truck. We’ve been seen leaving in it at least twice already.”
    He reached into a duffle bag, pulled out a couple bottles of water and handed one to her. She took a moment to relieve her thirst.
    “Will you at least tell me who you are? I know your name, and I know what kind of animal you are, but that doesn’t say much. And it doesn’t explain how you think you can help me or what you expect to get out of me.”
    “I already told you my name. Connor Maxim. I own a security firm. We’re contracted year round to work mostly for humans, but our company was set up to carry out Pack business as it relates to liaisons with the humans. My team was on a mission to investigate some murders happening in the area. We got a tip that led us to the Dockhouse bar. It seems we weren’t the only ones who received this tip.”
    She shivered, mostly from the chill in the air, but also because she was now in a heap of trouble with the law. The cops were now looking for her for questioning. Her brother was missing. Their names were now probably connected to some crime ring. There was no doubt that if she turned herself over or