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.

mountains was dominated by the women. In the past the General had harshly rebuked them for their complaints

coming. We had found the first family to escape this place. Arnold and his Brothers

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 rolling

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 this escape. I cringed the day she sent the instructions and

patrol as usual. Once they were at a certain point, they should wait. Men would approach them and say Hannah’s name. The Warriors

into a rage. The men Damien chose were powerful Warriors. 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

caught, but the Brothers did not think so. My men had 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 that the women would never realize it was Damien who had set them

the house. The one I had previously used from the Keepers was left there permanently. I never brought it home anymore. I sent messages to my daughters and every so often received one back. They were busy

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

as I wrote a note to Kennedy one evening that the pad flashed up at

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