FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The morning came as a thin beam of light hit me straight in the face. I slowly opened my eyes. With my head full of cobwebs, I skimmed the surroundings and my memory came flooding back. A throbbing ache resonated from the crown of my head. My fingers grazed the spot but I flinched, regretting my move. It stung like a mother. I had a good hunch the huge goose bump on my noggin came from a blunt object. And the force behind the strike could only have been one person… the Cajun.
“Ouch!” I mumbled. “Damn that hurts!” Did he have to hit me so hard? I get why he needed to stop me. We needed to keep the prisoner alive. I couldn’t believe I almost killed Aidan. He was our only connection to the Family.
Whata nightmare! We were helpless. Innocent people were going to die. And th
