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.

men saying things, wondering if the world beyond the mountains was dominated by

I knew what was coming. We had found the first family to escape this place. Arnold and his Brothers would not be slaves to the

leave. The root became a constant in my diet. Damien even went to the

Kennedy had given me. Hannah would send us the messages pertinent to

were at a certain point, they should wait. Men would approach them and say Hannah’s name. The Warriors were instructed to do as the

clear what had happened to them. The compound was on Lockdown for five day cycles after

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 and they talked. Very rarely did we see them at the bathhouse or in our rooms. The goal was

I never brought it home anymore. I sent messages to my

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 to get the little notes from

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

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