Below contains in-depth information on Chapter 19 of The Empty City.
Chapter 19 of 22
Chapter Summary[]
Lucky's Point of View[]
- Lucky camps out underneath the stairs of the elevated dog house. He rolls himself in the Fierce Dog's mess to mask his scent. He waits for several hours, planning his rescue. However, he cannot seem to think of a plan. From eavesdropping, he can tell from the Fierce Dogs rattling bowls of nuggets for their prisoners, and that Bella and the others are being kept in a small room.
- He prays to the Forest-Dog for cunning and stealth. The Fierce Dogs, to his observation, are disciplined and orderly in their movements. All of a sudden, he shrinks back from his hiding place when three Fierce dogs appear, talking about the fate of their prisoners. Dagger suggests killing them, to which an unnamed second dog agrees. The other dog then says they could possibly scare them to let them run off and tell any other dogs to stay away.
- Blade declines both suggestions, clearly being the Alpha. She says she must find out how they got in, clearly not believing their "jumping the fence" excuse. Smug now, Blade continues to speak about how easy it should be to convince the little mangy dog, supposedly Daisy, to confess on how they got in and where the fourth dog is.
- Lucky is fearful, unaware they could smell him all along and know that he is here. He pulls himself together, willing the Forest-Dog to aid him with what he was about to do -- trick the Fierce Dogs with his words. Lucky runs across into the open space, where no Fierce Dog has spotted him yet. He howls and make a ruckus, insulting the dogs.
- Blade is infuriated, and the dogs all begin to pursue him. He hopes Bella is smart enough to realize the diversion is meant for them to escape. Lucky runs from the dogs, fear willing him to run fast and avoid them. He is then cornered into a fence after bouncing into a wire he didn't see in the dark. He realizes he is about to be torn limb-by-limb.
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The Empty City Chapters | |
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Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 • Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Chapter 14 • Chapter 15 • Chapter 16 • Chapter 17 • Chapter 18 • Chapter 19 • Chapter 20 • Chapter 21 • Chapter 22 |