Did you eat a good midday meal, my Loyal servants?” she asked.

“Yes, Mistress,” they replied.

I realized I had answered her also. There was an unearthly compulsion to do what she said. It wasn’t apparent to me if the feeling was from fear, respect, or something else all together.

“Rue and his Brothers have been brought before us,” she said simply. There was a Long pause before she spoke again. “Damien, I will explain this to you only one more time. Your family is to Look at me when I speak to you.”

My head snapped up and I looked into her fanged face across the table. Looking away had been a sign of disrespect. If I didn’t feel the need to watch her, I did not fear her. Anyone that did not fear the great female challenged her and she would crush them.

The group answered with me, “We apologize, Mistress.”

“You will all be punished for harming yourselves,” she said simply.

under my protection and not to be damaged unless

a whipping. We could survive that, they could survive that, at

E L A ‘s L

Christof said softly and I

too strong, I was too weak, and they weren’t sure the women knew how

the slave’s portion,

myself, but about the child. What if I was hurt too badly

words

and being a woman. I was

human,” Nu-reeh said, “will suffer with you, but only

would not hit me, but I would suffer just like they did. It was very small consolation to know I

as a group, but

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