She had no idea what the two men had in store for her, beyond the fact that they planned to sell her “on the block”. The situation felt as though it was growing grimmer by the moment. Namely because she hadn’t yet figured out a way to escape her captors. Pulling the polar bear furs she’d been given tightly around her body, Peggy glanced toward the other female captive in the party and noted the terrified quality of the woman’s wide-eyed, unblinking gaze. She’d been looking that way the entire trek, she thought, her blue eyes bulging above the gag in her mouth that prohibited screaming. Peggy closed her eyes briefly, fearing that the woman’s mind might have snapped. That was the last thing she wanted for the other captive. If the woman was out of it, it would make it harder for the two of them to communicate so they could escape together. And Peggy was determined that they would escape together. Lord only knows whether or not she’d be able to direct the authorities as to where to find this other woman if she managed to escape without her, so it was vital that the other captive went with her.
