Seeing captive Littles was nothing new for Carley, and she knew she had no means of rescuing them while they were legally with their captors. Less intelligent Littles in her position might have tried to rescue the poor guy, but judging from the band on his wrist, he was probably microchipped and could be returned to the woman legally if he went missing. Microchipped Littles, the ones who were officially adopted, were difficult to rescue. The rescuers had to prove gross misconduct and since Littles were often treated fairly harshly as is, that was nearly impossible to do.
A sinking feeling developed in the pit of Carley’s stomach as she thought about what she was going to experience in the next few days. Crystal had promised multiple times that she was going to treat her just like the average captive Little they rescued. She would have refused the deal entirely, but she heard rumors that her boss felt like she didn’t really have a lot of empathy for what the rescued Littles dealt with, and that could be grounds for termination, meaning she’d lose her immunity as a free Little and have to be much more careful in Amazon society.
