“It’s healthy to get up when the moon sets,” Evan informed me.

“You miss the sun rise if you stay in bed. You must get up when we get up.”

“I thought you said I wasn’t your slave,” I said trying to reason with him. “I like to sleep after the sun has risen. Couldn’t you just tell the Cleaners not to come and leave me at home to sleep late and be by myself?”

Evan looked at me with a raised eyebrow. “Then you would become ill,” he informed me. “Getting up and going to the Keepers is good for you. You require the companionship and exercise. The family must stay healthy and strong. Don’t worry, Ciara, we know what you need and will provide it for you.”

His argument was rock solid as far as he was concerned. The same argument applied to my morning enema and the plug. I needed those things. He’d only not done it in the mountains because Nu-reeh discouraged them from touching me after the birth. Every slave in the compound had those thing, I should too.

I tried Like hell to convince Evan I did not need what he thought I did but he disagreed. If I wasn’t regularly prepared it would hurt me when he and his Brothers used me. He had to do the cleaning to use the preparation plug. It was a chain of necessary events.

he scoffed. He had seen me take pleasure many times while Bane used my ass. I didn’t know what I Liked, they did.

so frustrating. They had said I was free, but they still made all my decisions for me. I realized that was because they had been taught by trusted sources how to care for a human. Since they believed what they were doing was best for me, they

E L A ‘s L I

My girl friends and all the other slaves were eager to talk. Everyone wanted to know what had happened to my baby. We had to be very careful that someone distracted the Keepers

have lied to the other slaves, but I didn’t. There were Large parts I left out, but I wasn’t dishonest. Since we had so little else, I thought my companions should at least get

strong and considered to be of this world. She grew

you get pregnant, though?”

a great deal of tension. They

the women were in charge. The way the world ran wasn’t discussed. I shared only the basics of what had happened to

I could stop talking for a little while. The morning had been stressful. I walked with everyone to the lunch room, but

the courtyard,” Fuji hissed

kneeling place. Men were already coming in as I found my

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