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.

these men saying things, wondering if the world beyond the mountains was dominated by the women. In the past the General had harshly rebuked them for

knew what was coming. We had found the first family to escape this place. Arnold and his Brothers would not be slaves to the women once we were done with

beyond the mountains. We spent the next moon surreptitiously passing them information. I was restless 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 the constant

decision about how and when to 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 to

at a certain point, they should wait. Men would approach them and say Hannah’s

It wasn’t clear what had happened to them. The compound was on Lockdown for five day cycles after they disappeared. Damien assumed the women were scouring the desert looking for

been cautious to only speak to Arnold’s family in places where it would not be obvious. When they patrolled the road, those men met them

one I had previously used from the Keepers was left there permanently. I never brought it

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 to get the little notes from my girls. It made it possible for me to survive the not seeing

up at me. There was a new message from Hannah. I called excitedly to Damien as I called

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