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.

and not to be damaged unless it

survive that, they could survive that, at

L A ‘s L I

said softly

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

take the slave’s

if I was hurt too badly and it

spitting the words out, “the human is full with the child,

and being a woman. I was just so

“will suffer with you, but only through

you, Mistress, The images flooded my head. They felt each other’s pain. Nu-reeh would not hit me, but I would suffer just like they did. It was very small consolation to know I would not actually be

answered as a group, but I

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