The two of them leaped into my arms and held on so tightly that I thought they would squeeze the life out of me. I welcomed the ache in my ribs, relief washing over me in warm waves. They were here—they were safe. Well, almost all of them.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault that they got to you," I said in a whisper, gently patting them on the back.
"I thought I'd never see you again!" Yvonne said, bursting into tears when she raised her head to look at me. "We… we… tried to escape but the tribesmen here are all unbelievably strong!"
"That's right! The second they had us in their grasp, we could barely move, let alone fight back! Otherwise, we would have found a way out of here by now," Elsa agreed. She struggled out of my embrace and looked at me up and down, checking for any injuries. "You are
