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desperately as she fingered
the symbiot wrapped around her wrist.
    The shadowy image of the dungeon filtered
through her mind. Jade, still green because she fell asleep before
her bath, was riding on Symba while Amber rode behind in a golden
wagon.
    “They are getting more creative,” Cara
chuckled in disbelief. “How on Earth did they get out of here?”
    Another image flashed through her mind. This
one of not just Trelon, but all the other men as well standing in
the lower cavern. Frustration and disappointment filled Cara as she
wondered who snitched on their surprise.
    Reaching for the shirt she had worn earlier,
she pulled it on. She cursed when she felt something small hit her
foot. Bending down, she picked up the small device that had fallen
off the shirt as she slipped it on.
    “You dirty, rotten… Oh, you think you are so
sneaky,” Cara muttered under her breath as she realized what the
device was and who had placed it on her. “I swear, he is worse than
a kid at Christmas.”
    The rapid knocking at the door drew Cara’s
attention. She grabbed her pants and hopped down the hallway just
as the main door opened. A harried looking Riley, followed by Abby,
Cara, and Emma carrying Alice, stood in the foyer.
    “Where is he?” Riley demanded, resting her
hands on her hips. “Roam is gone, too. What are those men up to
this time?”
    Emma shifted Alice from one hip to the
other. “She woke up crying for Ha’ven. Do you know where they are,
Cara?” Emma asked in a worried voice.
    “Oh, I know exactly where they are,” Cara
replied holding out her hand. “Trelon snuck a tracking device on
me.”
    Abby sighed and pushed her hair away from
her face. “If I didn’t know better,” she said with a tired laugh.
“I’d think Zoran had been trying to make me so tired I wouldn’t
know he was gone. The trouble is, I don’t sleep well when he isn’t
next to me.”
    “Where are Ariel, Trisha, and Carmen?” Cara
asked as she stepped out of her and Trelon’s living quarters and
into the hallway.
    “They are going after the symbiots and the
kids. Goldie, Harvey, Bio, and Precious are with the children. I’m
guessing from the look on your face, Symba and the twins are gone
too,” Abby said.
    “Yep,” Cara replied as she hurried down the
corridor.
    “Why would they do this?” Emma asked as she
struggled to keep up. "Why would Ha’ven come all this way to sneak
out of our apartments in the middle of the night?”
    “I’ll tell you why,” Riley said. “Because
they are big kids when it comes to surprises. Vox is already
plotting how he is going to win next year’s Easter egg hunt. He has
been working on strategies for the last few months. That was one
reason I wasn’t about to tell him ahead of time about Halloween. If
he knew there was candy involved, it would be a full-blown war.
That man has a huge sweet-tooth.”
    Emma giggled. “Ha’ven keeps asking me why
Alice and I have been dressing up in funny clothes. I told him she
and I were going to be witches for Halloween. He just shook his
head when I tried to explain it to him. He doesn’t understand why
we would want to go around asking others for treats. He says he can
give us all the treats we want. That we didn’t even have to ask. He
also said if anyone tried to trick us that he would gut them.”
    “He sounds so much like Zoran,” Abby
chuckled.
    “Well, someone else is about to get tricked
if I have any say about it,” Cara said with a rueful grin. “I think
it is time to show my mate and his brothers what happens when they
blow a perfectly good surprise.”
    “What are you going to do?” Riley asked in
excitement. “Can I help?”
    Cara giggled. “How do you feel about being a
ghost?”
    “Trust me, I have tons of experience at
being one of those,” Riley replied with a sheepish grin. “What
color sheets will I be wearing this time?”
    “I don’t know,” Cara replied, biting her lip
as she looked around to stare at Riley.