MY HEART CONTRACTED AS I strained to hear something, anything. All I got was a muffled conversation. Had Zander heard me? He couldn't let Dante touch him! If he did, we were toast. I tried to shift directly under the opening, hoping for a better position to yell up at them, but realized it wasn't going to work. Out of breath, my injuries throbbing, I lay waiting.
Suddenly, the trap door lifted, and light streaked across me, blinding me for a moment.
"Oh, Tru-u!"
I let out a disappointed whimper when I recognized the voice.
"You'll never believe it!" Dante giggled. "It's a two-for-one! I think I'll take a cruise after this one!" His giggles became deeper, creepier.
What had he done with Zander?
"Honey, you might want to move out of the way."
I had just enough time to scoot over bef
