The pad Kennedy had sent was truly like she had said, an encyclopedia. I sat and read to the men and we learned about the world beyond the mountains. When we Left this compound for good we would know what dangers we faced.

It was important we all be strong. When we weren’t reading, we were in the stadium practicing with Bane’s son and his family. My skill with the wooden staffs grew as Bane’s son and that family graduated to a metal blade on schedule three cycles of the large moon after we left the cabin.

The boys knew something was afoot, but seemed to accept Damien’s insistence they could not know right now. They trusted their new family and just allowed us to push them to be powerful. The young men worked as hard as Damien wanted and the fruit of their labor was telling.

The boys were strong and fierce. We soon determined they were loyal to us as well. The stories Damien’s family told them never left their mouths. They were as honorable as men should be.

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In the midst of our training the men finally decided on a group of men to free. Damien invited them to dinner one night having decided it was time to really talk with them. The men filed in and greeted Damien politely. Everyone was becoming used to my looking around, so there were no comments about that.

We sat and had our meal as Evan asked the men what they thought about things. At first they were quiet and kept to themselves, but Evan’s persistence got to them. The men weren’t happy, the way they were forced with the women irritated them. These men had often thought of escape.

things, wondering if the world beyond the mountains was dominated by the women. In the past the General had harshly rebuked them for their complaints and

I knew what was coming. We had found the first family

and anxious the whole time we trained the men to leave. The root became a constant in my diet. Damien even went to the trouble of having the fizzy drink made again. I took it twice a day as I had before and it controlled

leave would be made by Hannah’s Elder Women and the orders left for us on the pad Kennedy had given me. Hannah would send us the messages pertinent

usual. Once they were at a certain point, they should wait. Men would

what had happened to them.

they patrolled the road, those men met them and

permanently. I never brought it home

girls were in the mountains, which was normal, it would not work. They had to be at a place this side of the mountains to contact my pad that way. It was always marvelous when one of those times occurred and I was able to talk to them. But, I still Loved

one evening that the pad flashed up at me. There was a new

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