“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.”

beside me and Damien spoke

us, should it happen

saw he understood, but that he would

my

there was still a roomful of men from the

the other men grunted and his Brothers

wasn’t bothered by the comment, but rebuked

own family, Steth,” he

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

I fretted anxiously as we sat around

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