Chapter Three: Branding I don’t know what possessed me but as she led me outside the stall I ran forward into her, knocked her down, twisted around in a circle twice to yank the leash out of her hand and took off for the open barn door. I knew that every minute this present situation progressed was a minute further from any chance of freedom. I didn’t have a plan. I didn’t have a clue as to where we were in relation to the airport. My only thought was to run and maybe get into some woods or bushes thick enough to hide in. If I could hide perhaps I could make my way to where there were people, people other than these twisted ones, who would set me free. I went through the door in a flat out sprint as if I were running for my life, which I was. Two hundred yards ahead of me was a line of t

