Damien and his Brothers apologized for lying to me during Lunch. It had never been their intention to cause me pain; they only wanted to protect me.

“The sadness the breeding caused you was too strong and we feared you would break again,” Christof said solemnly.

“We wanted to protect you.”

I shook my head and picked at my plate absently.

“The truth is important between us,” I told him. “You can’t tell me I’m free and still make all my decisions for me.”

They didn’t understand and I knew the root of their confusion. In their hearts they didn’t believe I was strong enough to be free the way they were. My family still had my position caught somewhere between slave and free, but not entirely either.

G E L A ‘s

they told me the young men were upset their mentors had to leave for a time, but Damien had promised to return.

to them leaked out. They were Loyal and discrete. Damien told me that’s what made him decide

“Hannah” or “Kennedy” wanted them to go somewhere, they should go. There was a life beyond these walls and it was better than what we had here. The boys had solemnly swore to keep the secret and heed

other things they Liked to have. Those things were packed

can see this,” Christof told me seriously. “We will hide it in the sleeping area of our lodgings. Your friends cannot be told about

that the pad could be dangerous. He knew it could burn and made

things must be kept in the family. I would not endanger you

I’d learned a Lot about how to keep a secret. There were just things I could not go blabbing about. The family came before everything else. This secret protected Hannah, Kennedy, and all of us; there was no

was a misguided

for them, too. I wished that one day

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