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Chapter 1
The wranglers were out on the plains just like any other day trying to find boys that their master would like and then train to either work at the prison or be sold to rich buyers. Wild boys knew they didn't have much of a chance of getting away if they were caught and certainly none if they got inside the walls of the prison, it was tough alluding the wranglers though.
The wranglers had not done too well the last time they brought in a few boys who were not up to par so their master Riley was displeased and ordered them to go back out into the blazing 100 degree sun. They were determined so the three of them set out on their horses again but in a different new direction. They had been traveling for 5 days now and were about to give up and just take Riley's wrath. The three men wanted to water their horses before they set back though so they headed to a big pond the size of a big swimming pool nearby. When they got there though they noticed a boy maybe 17-18 years old swimming, he was muscular and handsome, just the way Riley likes them. He had to be wild if he was all the way out here with nobody else in sight.
*switching to Dalton's Pov.*
Man today was hot and this swim is just what I needed I thought as I worked my muscles and pulled myself through the water. My head was down so I didn't notice or hear the three men slowly creeping up to the large pond. I knew about the prison and the wranglers. I knew that there was noway in hell I would ever let them capture me. Today was different though I was way too focused on swimming than paying attention to what or who was around me. I made it to the end of the pond and hung on to the side to catch my breath for a second when I noticed them. Standing maybe 6 feet in front of me guns pointed right at me. My heart was pounding so fast but it wasn’t because of the swim.
"Now is a good time to get out nice and slow boy or else" one of them said.
I just stared back not moving, these guys were fucking crazy if they think they're taking me.
I quickly dove down under the water ready to swim to the other side and make a run for it. I could tell I was about halfway to the other side when I felt an excruciating pain in my foot, I had been shot. Fucking damnit I thought to myself as I swam as best as I could to surface my foot throbbing. Once I got to the top I waded there for a second.
"Lets try this again boy, get out now and I won't shoot you again" said the same man as before.
I didn't have much choice now I knew they could help with my foot but that would mean being captured. The pond was deep maybe 12 feet so when I tried to climb out I couldn't with my foot hurting so badly.
"I said get the fuck out boy, now!" Said the first guy who's name was Sam.
I replied "you shot me in the fucking foot you asshole! I can't!"
Sam and the 2 other men still had their guns pointed at me but one of the other men holstered his to help me climb out. I sat on the grass holding my bleeding foot in pain and looked up at them quietly. Sam immediately moved behind me and wrenched my arms painfully behind my back and started tying my wrists with rope very tightly. I let him without too much resistance I was mainly focused on the pain coming from my foot. The man who helped me get out was coming back with a first aid kit. After my wrists were bound I didn't feel the need to say anything I was furious but stayed quiet glaring at them. He knelt down and held my ankle and started to pour rubbing alcohol on the wound to clean it. I pulled my leg back immediately from the pain.
"You have yourself to blame for this kid" Sam said as he sat on my leg facing my feet to hold it down while the other man continued to clean it. I lay back in the grass with my hands still tied underneath my back closing my eyes hoping the pain would go away. Once they were finished wrapping it with ace bandages and gozz, Sam got up and yanked me up by my arms. Sam took another piece of rope and tied it around my neck In a way that it wasn't tight at all but the more I pulled back the tighter it would get. Sam then started yanking me forward to where the other two guards and the horses were waiting. The bullet missed any bones but still hurt like a bitch. Walking was even worse I started limping slowly in the direction I was being pulled.
"You've got a five days walk ahead of you I suggest you pick up the pace boy" Sam yelled as he started pulling harder on the leash. Hearing this I froze and dug my feet into the ground.
“Five days days?! Are you fucking kidding me?! I can barley walk!" I yelled and stood still. Sam walked over to me pissed for mouthing back. He grabbed a big chunk of my hair and pulled back making me wince.
“Shut up or I'll shut you up and you won't like it"
He let go and I glared at him but I knew he meant he was going to gag me and I didn't want that so I stayed quiet. We started walking or in my case limping again back towards the prison.
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