CHAPTER THIRTEEN
THE MEN WHO’D BEEN holding Alf started toward Pleasance and the kids. She shoved them behind her. “Leave these kids alone. You’ve done enough to them.”
The man with the rifle laughed. “It’s entirely their own fault. All they had to do was tell me what I wanted to know and we wouldn’t have had to hurt ’em.”
Hani surged around Pleasance, his small face dark with anger. “You’re not stealin’ our tutu’s treasure, haole. It isn’t yours!”
Pleasance reached out and grabbed the boy’s arm before he could fling himself at the two approaching thugs. She respected his courage but thought he could use a bit of common sense. “Treasure?” She frowned, tugging the boy close and wrapping her arms protectively around him as Hani struggled to get free. “You tortured that poor child for tre
