Natalie's POV
I have waited what seems like a eternity for the peasants to return from the beach. When we could finally notice the group strolling up the pathway from a window in the living room, Ian and I grab three chairs, and place them side by side in the living room. After our trap is set, we sneak out of the living room and begin our search to locate the Starling boys. We search nearly every inch of the gigantic mansion, before finally spotting them outside launching soda bottle rockets into the air. I strut outside casually, planning my next sentence to come off as normally as possible.
"Hey guys, come over here for a second. I want to show you something." I say, striving to lure them into our trap.
"Natalie? What do you want?" Ned snapped obviously irritated.
"Just come here." I plead, my hands on my hips. How dare Ned speak to me like that. The boys ignore me until I skip over to them. I grasp both of them by one arm, and half drag them to the living room.
"Wha-" Ted beings to announce, but he is interrupted when Ian springs from his hiding post behind the wall and tackles Ted to the cold ground. I quickly twist around and grasp Ned's shoulder. Pressing into his pressure point, he begins to shrivel up. While he is weakened, I shove him backwards into one of the chairs, binding his body securely with ropes I discovered in one of the many storage closets around the house. Ian copies my movements, tying Ted down to the chair, tight.
Just as we complete strapping the brothers up, Sinead saunters into the living room as if just on time. She spots her brothers, then freezes. Horror fills the third Starlings sparkling green eyes, she finds her strength, and removes herself from the room, sprinting towards a hallway, yelling for someone to come help. My feet move quickly after her, chasing her. Even though she is screaming for support, everyone already knows better then to get involved in the Kabra affairs and kept out of my way. That is except for Amy.
Amy's POV
I sprint towards the scream as soon as I hear the call for help. I instantly know it is my best friend Sinead and I naturally suspect the Kabras. They're almost always the cause of any sort of commotion that involves running and screaming, plus everyone in the Cahill mansion already knows they needed revenge for the events that took place at dinner.
As I speed towards the living room, where the screams originated, Sinead nearly rams into me. Her face is sheet white, her eyes held her feelings and were filled with absolute horror. I knew she was terrified of what Ian and Natalie are capable of doing to her, and her brothers. I glance behind Sinead to detect Natalie closing in on us. When Natalie got within arms length, I snatch her arm, hard. The momentum twist us in a complete circle. I examine the hallway, but Sinead has disappeared.
"Leave her alone." I demand through gritted teeth, shoving Natalie up against the closest wall. Knowing Natalie, she wouldn't surrender so simply, without a catch.
"If I do, will you release me?" she questioned sweetly, as if she is an innocent angel.
I sigh. "Sure." I keep my hold on her, until she announces the words out loud.
"Fine, I won't chase her." Natalie bats her luscious long eye lashes at me as if to say, you thought I'd lie? Me? Lie? Never. This takes me by surprise, but I release her. I eye her closely while she slowly struts her way to the living room, clicking with every step in her louboutin heels. Right before she turns the corner, Natalie twists her face back at me and smirks that devil like Kabra smirk. That's when I knew she was scheming something. I quietly begin to tail her.
When we reach our destination, I finally see why she was smirking. There in the center of the vaulted living room are sitting three chairs. In the one farthest to the left was Ned; then in the middle, Ted. Lastly was Sinead. She was trying to look calm and unconcerned, but there was fear in her eyes. Surely the cobras wouldn't do anything to injure the triplets with so many Cahills watching, waiting to see what would happen. Right?
Sinead's POV
As soon as I noticed my brothers strapped to chairs, I knew my fate if I stayed, therefore I had to run and get away. It took a moment for the message to reach my feet, but when I did I sped out of the area, screaming for assistance, twisting and turning into random hallways hoping to escape. However, no matter where I hid, Natalie was always few steps behind. Almost as if she had a tracker on me. I barely avoided smashing into Amy, as I was making my way towards the gardens. When I arrived at the double glass doors, I glanced behind me, noticing that Natalie was no longer on my heels. I slumped against the wall and took in a deep breath. Little did I know, that was a big mistake. Of all the lessons that the clue hunt had taught me, it was to never let my guard down. That was of course, exactly what I did. That was why Ian was able to sneak up on me. I didn't notice him, until it was too late.