Hello readers. well this is my second story and ive had all of one reveiw!! so PLEASE REVIEW!! i don't care if you dont like the story or if youlike it just please tell me!!

Find Truth,

Kale Ride

Chapter 2

Bound and Captured

Laura groaned her head throbbed painfully. She hated headaches they made her angry. Her hands were tied behind her back and her legs were tied together. Although every thing in her body protested she opened her eyes. Night had fallen casting the world into shadow. The first thing she saw was a fire. Men were huddled around it talking in hushed voices.

"I don't like it, it's not often you find a woman roaming through the woods" said a broad shouldered man with a pointed nose.

"What do we do with her, the king said to bring anything suspicious to him, and this is certainly suspicious. We could also sell her to slavers. They'd pay a nice price for her." said another man,

"We'll take her to the king what else can we do." With that the conversation ended and Laura dropped back to sleep.

Laura woke with a start, there was a lot of bustling and gathering and noise all around her she tried to stand but couldn't. Her arms and legs were still tied. She felt like a trapped animal, it made her angry and afraid all at once. She tried to wriggle free, but the knots were too tight and she was still groggy. In the end she gave up and looked around her she was in a camp and it looked like they were packing every thing up to leave. Laura knew that they were going to either sell her as a slave or take her to this king of theirs. Laura had a feeling that both options led to slavery of some form. A man passed her very close juggling crates. Something fell out of the top one though he didn't seem to notice. He kept walking on past her and disappeared among the tents. Laura rolled onto her knees and saw that the man had dropped a dagger. Laura looked around to see if any had noticed it, luckily no one had. Laura fell onto her side her back to the dagger and groped for it with her tied hands just as she was about to give up she grasped it, and rolled back onto her knees.

"Now if I could just cut through this rope," she thought. She had seen it done many times in movies and television shows but it was usually a piece of glass on duct tape. Also it was a lot harder than she thought it would be. In the end the rope finally cut. No one seemed to be watching her so she brought her arms around front of her and started working on her legs. When she was free she pretended that she was still tied and waited for the opportune moment. When she saw that none was coming she slowly worked her way back into the tents until she reached an area were no one was and stood up. She suddenly noticed that she had left the dagger back were she had been tied. She could have kicked herself for being stupid. She wanted to cry out in rage, but she knew she couldn't without giving away her position.

"I will not be put in chains again, not without putting up a fight!" she said aloud, then listened intently. Some one shouted back in the direction she had come from, the single voice became many. She could hear people running around. Laura knew what they were doing they were looking for something, and that something was her.

"I've got to get out of here!" Laura thought, but still she didn't move. As much as she fought her body would not let her move. She heard people coming and that broke the trance. She ran off in a different direction than the footsteps. Laura soon came to love the slippers she had found herself in yesterday morning they made very little noise and allowed her to move through the camp without notice. The problem was, since Laura had been unconscious when they brought her into the camp, she didn't know the way out; and as she soon discovered the camp was quite large. She kept turning the wrong way, doubling back on herself, and she soon noticed that the camp wasn't very large but that she was walking in circles. Once she noticed this she immediately set out in one direction a few minutes passed as she ran through the camp. Then she burst out through the tents into the open air. She could have cried out in joy but she dared not stop or make a noise. She kept running until she was sure her lungs would explode, her heart thudding would give away her position, and her legs would fall off from exertion. She sat down panting and tried to regain her breath. Just then she heard rustling in the bushes to her right. She went stalk still and listened. She heard nothing and suddenly a hand came from behind and covered her mouth quicker than she could react and dragged her down. She looked up into the face of a man she was sure she had seen in the tents. He had dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. Another man tied her hands together but left a strand about five feet long coming of the end like a leash. The first man dragged her up and tied a cloth around her mouth. They led Laura back the way she had come. Laura wanted to yell out, to fight but she didn't have the strength or energy after her long sprint. The men led her back into the camp.