We spent the morning inside. I shared with them the story of my cousin’s mental illness. They didn’t know what to say, but then neither did I.

“Perhaps,” Rose said, “it is the stress of worrying about the child that broke you.”

I shook my head, “I don’t know. It felt like I was excited about something and then I was so sad when I couldn’t make it happen. My world just fell apart. It might have been about the baby, I just don’t know. I felt deserted.”

My mind was mine all day, no weird intrusive feelings. I felt lonely now that they were gone, there had been something comforting about them. Part of me wanted them back, I needed those feelings for some reason.

I went to bed that night and had a dream about picking out baby cribs by myself. It was boring and annoying. There was no good crib in the store and I just wandered around aimlessly. It was a pointless dream.

Waking up, I realized I wanted to dream about the mountains or Learning to fight. I loved the dreams I had about Master Damien and his Brothers. Perhaps if I went back to sleep they would return.

Only once all night did I have a dream I wanted to continue. I heard my name being called from a distance. Several voices were calling to me and calling to one another. I recognized my real owners voices. No matter what I did, they didn’t hear me, though.

Keeper’s compound in my usual silence. I Saw a shadow slide past us and it startled me. I Looked up expecting to see a great winged creature, but

see that?” one of the men asked his Brothers. The Warriors around me all had their hands on their

one grumbled, “we need

I walked along the edge of the water. I went as far down as I

stopped in my tracks. The Last time I’d heard such an alarm the women were in the

The women were here. One

me and I staggered back several feet. In my haste to retreat, I tripped on my own feet and Landed hard on my backside. I sprang up still intent on escaping. The

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sand and ran back the way I’d come, but my way was blocked by another female. This one had amber Liquid dripping from her fangs. Venom, I remembered, Master Kein had said they make a venom.

air. I screamed and struggled against the hairy chest that held me. Sharp talons dug into my hip and shoulder,

fall, human slave,” the

talons. You live now for only

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