My mouth fell open.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Brie hissed. Kaden grinned, gripped us in a bear hug and ran straight at his brother.
"Kaden!" Brie screamed, reaching for him as he collided with the King, knocking him over. I grabbed her arm and held her back.
"He's buying us some time-we have to hurry!" I pushed past Brie and raced to the shoes, stopping in front of them. My hands were shaking almost too badly to strike a match. I broke the first one I tried. Brie yanked the matches out of my hands and struck one, dropping it on the shoes, where it burned out.
"Gah! I need something to feed it!" Brie cried.
"Do you have any paper? Tissues? Anything?" I asked her desperately, searching my pockets.
"No! It's all in the car!" She cried out, doing the same.
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