The Trap Door (Infinity Ring, Book 3)
Lisa McMann
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN: 054590109X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Action, humor, and real history collide in the Infinity Ring series!
Dak, Sera, and Riq are three time travelers on a mission to save history, but they're totally unprepared for the year 1850. With the United States on the verge of civil war, runaway slaves in the South look to the Underground Railroad for help escaping to freedom. But there's a traitor in their midst. Now Dak and Sera are left wondering whom to trust, while Riq risks everything to save the life of a young boy.
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By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, Book 5)
and slid up through the opening. One of his pockets nearly got caught on a nail, but Sera quickly unhooked it before it tore. In a moment, he was splayed out in the hallway. He scooted out of the way as Sera followed suit, and, being a bit smaller, had no trouble at all getting out despite the extra bulk of the dress and Riq’s jacket. But as she pulled her feet out of the opening, her bootlace snagged on the same nail that had given Dak trouble. She jerked her foot and it came loose, sending the
whisper. He lifted his head. At the sight of her and Dak, Riq’s lips parted slightly, then he closed them again. His eyelids closed for a long second, and he took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. When he opened them again, he looked directly into Sera’s eyes. She could see his were swimming. He pressed his lips together and looked away. Sera studied him. “Oh, no — they broke your nose?” Her bread-to-the-face incident seemed embarrassingly minor compared to this. She felt heat rising from
protect the Infinity Ring. They both took a few steps backward, but there was nowhere to go — and the men bearing down on them weren’t after Gamaliel, they were after them! “Time travelers? What are you talking about? And we don’t owe you a cent!” Dak said, trying his hardest to sound innocent while staring at what looked to be a saber, circa 1840, the point of which was approximately four inches from his nose. Was it wrong that he wanted to get an even closer look? Because if that was wrong,
dare spring the trap yet, though. The SQ had weapons; the Hystorians had nothing. Not safe at all. “Get her,” the woman said, icy calm. The Time Wardens grabbed Dak and Riq, and pulled them aside. Sera glanced at Gamaliel and Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett, who looked poised to leap to her aid, and shook her head the slightest bit. No, no, no, she chanted in her head. She wasn’t giving up this easily. Wait for the signal. Then Stuckey grabbed her by the arm and she gave him a weary look.
thee and thou up until the mid-twentieth century. She’s wearing a black dress, and throughout history, Quakers hardly ever wore black because it could be seen as either funeral garb or as fashionable. They were all about modesty. And she probably wouldn’t introduce herself as a Friend to people she wasn’t sure were Quakers, too. Plus, she was awfully proud to see us, and that just doesn’t seem . . . Quakerish.” “Why would she pretend to be a Quaker if she wasn’t one?” Riq asked, fearing the