I surfaced and took a deep breath. It wasn’t Rose’s fault she couldn’t reproduce. I couldn’t blame her for making a choice to stay here. The portals on Earth were notable in their tendency to crush creatures using them. Blaming her for not wanting to die like that was wrong.

For a little while I swam in the water. I felt better than I had in days, more awake. Something really had been eating at me. I’m surprised it took the men this long to ask Rose for help. They must have been trying to rouse me themselves and I hadn’t noticed.

I swam slowly back to shore and realized how crummy I felt. My muscles all hurt and I was just exhausted. My impulse was to curl into a ball on the beach and sleep. Rose would not hear of it.

“I have seen depression many times here,” she told me. “Girls, that give in and give up, die. You must stay active.”

We walked the beach and swam in the shallow water. Rose refused to let me just sit and mull. It was an uphill battle not to complain about how I felt.

The men came to pick me up that night and I was bone tired. I watched Damien’s heels as we stepped through the wall and stopped when he stopped.

“stop staring at Damien’s feet. Look up.” My confusion

Evan informed me as

me. “You are not a slave, to us. We will protect you, but you must trust us and look up. The way you are

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could stop it. “The other men,” I gestured, “will want to hurt

said we will protect

think you’re weak,” I sighed and

concerned, we stepped onto our transport and sped to

endeavor. Several families stopped to advise Damien I had looked at them. He informed them I was supposed to Look up and

like Damien’s take on things. Several made the mistake of telling Damien they would take care of

family fought with righteous fury. Damien and his Brothers were brutally efficient in putting the other men in their place. It was never much a battle and it was always more of

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