“Nothing will happen we cannot handle. Get up now, I want you to bathe.”

I heard the implied supposition. If Nu-reeh was angry again we may be spending many days in a cave with no baths. They knew I Liked to be clean, at least I could start out that way.

After my bath I was dressed in a flowing blue dress and the boots Nu-reeh had sent. I sat with all the men in the main room and we ate a filling morning meal. I decided to try to get my family to eat extra. I hated the way they’d been starved Last time Nu-reeh took us to the mountains.

“The meat was good this morning, Master Damien,” I whispered watching my plate. “Did you get enough, Sir?”

Damien sounded confused as he answered that, yes, he had gotten enough. He also reminded me not to call him Master or Sir. I heard the other men gasp, but my family just ignored them.

“If you and your Brothers ate more, you might stay full longer,” I said playing with my food. “Just in case you couldn’t eat later.”

me and Damien spoke

Hunger will not best us, should it happen again. My Brothers and I wilt eat our share and nothing

and saw he understood, but

sat next to me and stroked my

and I realized there was still a roomful of men

the other

comment, but rebuked the other

family, Steth,” he said

A ‘s L I

other men had instructions to leave after the morning meal. Like good soldiers they had

all?” I fretted anxiously as

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