“Why are you here!?” she roared. “Where have you been?”

I stared into her face and saw the first bit of venom cling like a yellow diamond to her fang. It dropped off slowly and fell between us. I took an instinctive step back from her.

She knew, I thought miserably, and would kill me for what I’d done. Shockingly, my voice stayed steady as I talked to her. I explained that I’d been walking and heard the alarm. As quickly as I could I was heading home.

Nu-reeh stood staring into my face for several moments and I watched the rage behind her eyes. It terrified me and I clung tightly to Kennedy. If my daughter could fly, she could escape, but her wings were far from mature. In the face of Nu-reeh’s wrath we stood defenseless.

“Nu-reeh!” a voice suddenly called out and the big woman whipped around toward the sound.

Tosu landed lightly beside us and spoke firmly to Nu-reeh, she questioned why Nu-reeh wasn’t checking the far mountain face. The men may be scaling down it. It really should be monitored.

take the slave to her quarters,” Tosu said calmly. “You seem to be too

spent several minutes discussing search plans with Tosu. The women were all over the outside of the mountain looking for the men. They were

know the men were going underground.

can find them out there it is you,” she said

wasn’t given even a second glance as Nu-reeh disappeared out the

then,” Tosu said to me in a

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her elbow. Tosu’s strides were larger than I

stayed in. This wasn’t a route I personally Liked to walk. It was dark and dreary, completely cut off from the outside

Looked

you, but you must continue to keep your head,” she said very softly. “The boys will escape through the tunnels under us. They will be safe

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