Dawn
Lee and I are chained inside one of the tents for the night. We can hear laughter and chatter outside, but we can"t understand any of it.
“What do you think they"re going to do with us?” I ask.
He shrugs, but doesn"t say anything, so I ask the next question weighing on my mind, “How can we get away?”
“Dawn,” he says finally, “We have no weapons and we"re outnumbered. We"ll only get ourselves killed if we try anything now. And, if we can escape, we"ll still be in Moreno territory. No one would help us here.”
He"s right. The people here are completely loyal to the cartel. The Morenos only have the power that fear gives them, but it is enough. Fear takes over the mind until you will do anything to keep it at bay. Fear made an entire town leave the orphaned children to fend for thems
