“The women told us he does.”
“He is curious,” I said wincing as the transport careened much too close to the wall. “Men with Earth breeders in their line seem more curious. Christof has Earth breeders and he was always the most curious Brother.”
The men were confused. They didn’t know a “Christof”. “He is Damien’s Brother,” I answered. “He is the fourth Brother in my family.”
Their faces darkened and they looked angry suddenly.
“He should have known better then,” the lead Brother said firmly. “Once he knew he was the offspring of a slave he never should have continued to participate. He should have made it stop.”
A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y
conversation was cut short as one of the men made a sharp sound. Rose and I were ignored as the men drew their weapons and took up posts around
in front said and then it was
were jumping on the air shield around the transport. One of them managed to get
pieces for several moments before the lead Brother stabbed it in the
about the nasty creatures. Thom called them giles. I vaguely remembered reading about giles. The readings I’d done had noted them as pests in the Lowlands where water was plentiful. They could rarely overwhelm
clinging to me. She looked as scared as I
good men,”
“We will be okay.”
she particularly believed that statement. We were tearing though a poorly lit cave with our friend tied on a transport behind us.
didn’t want to talk to us. I wasn’t that comfortable with men other than Damien and his Brothers.
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