Damien Looked knowingly at me as Hannah suckled. He knew I had heard at least part of the conversation. It was a kindness to me that he didn’t bring it up.

Hannah was cranky the next day. The bad mood got worse every time she came back inside to feed. Finally, she told me her gums hurt.

I looked in her mouth and saw the sharp points of teeth cutting through. On Earth I remembered children sucked on something cold to help with the pain when they were teething. An idea struck me and I marched with Hannah to the sorting room.

“I shouldn’t Look up,” I whispered to Hannah once we made it there.

“Find our family, we need to talk to them.”

Hannah held my hand and we weaved through the confused men in the sorting room.

and a little puzzled at what

Damien,” I told him quietly. “I need them and I

anything other than send

told me quietly.

her. There would not be many more times like this, I knew. I tucked the feeling of holding her close deep inside and swore

sat it inside the door way. He told me it would

and suck

N G E L A ‘s L I B R

watch what we were doing. He made a show of using the bathroom and getting a drink. It was obvious to me what he was up to, though.

the strain on her

told me grinning, “and I like the taste.” “Good, just keep sucking,”

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