I watched behind her as my men scaled the cliff to follow her. They moved with the ease of mountain goats, but it was still slow going. It wasn’t clear whether they would be able to scale the entire surface without help.

Nu-reeh called to her Sisters and asked them to go get my men. Dinah made an angry sound as was characteristic and Tosu just took off.

The women’s area was massive. Fire pits were scattered around burning and shedding light. A huge, sunken pit seemed to be radiating heat throughout the space. Smaller caves dotted the perimeter of the room and went up the walls. Great, winged women flew into and out of the openings. Far above us the ceiling appeared to be missing allowing more light to spill in. Women were moving around in the space going about their daily lives. They barely noticed us.

The Large cave Nu-reeh passed into was on the ground floor. Torches Lit the area generously and I saw the walls were decorated with symbols

“These are the quarters I share with Dinah and Tosu, slave,” Nu-reeh informed me.

The walls around us were covered in intricate symbols. They ran in long lines down the walls. I recognized them as the family symbols the men wore.

Nu-reeh noticed my attention and looked proudly at the wall.

she said inclining her head, “those symbols represent the families under our ownership. They are spread over several villages and compounds; and of course, some are

her Sisters could have their

“are the family symbols for young females under my

was another List of families, perhaps twenty in all. Nu-reeh and her sisters ran

rock. I felt that it must be heated, because it was so warm under my back. Nu-reeh slipped my bloody, wet gown off my

I should be doing to help the birthing process. She’d had her head up so she could wrap her arms around her stomach and grab her Legs to push. Laid flat on a rock, even with my Knees bent, I couldn’t get in that position. My inability made me want to scream. I felt like I would

suddenly. He raised me to lean against him between his Legs, so I held the position I thought I should be in. Now I

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watched me curiously as the contractions continued. It was such a strange sensation, they couldn’t get over it. Pain was part of life, but

they’d every experienced. They equated it to really having to use the lacquered pot, but that had never been Like this. Evan paced nervously feeling uncomfortable with the sensation. Eventually Damien knew

and the ability to refocus my mind became forefront. My breathing deepened, as

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