“Is that the name the men called her or it the name she had on Earth?” he asked sternly.

I watched the man’s eyes and didn’t see anger, only a certain resolve.

He called me Rachel so he knew slaves were renamed. This man expected to hear Rose’s original name.

“She was named Ruth on Earth,” I told him and he smiled approvingly.

“Ruth it is then and what about the poor, bound girl?” the man asked.

“What was her name?”

names until they are owned. If their owner

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him honestly, “women

way they thought things always were and

from Batra,” I tried to explain, “I don’t really know where that is. From what Fuji said all

with conviction turning his attention

Eventually I got used to the lack of scenery and the lack of light. The air started to get colder and I felt the chill on my face. Despite being underground it felt like we were making for the mountains faster than I’d

Damien or Basin did. It was strange to realize that with freedom came responsibility. If I was cold, I had to button my own coat. There was no

eventually. I took a drink and tried to pass it to Rose. She looked at me and took the container slowly, but

the men said, “it is good

floor. “Ciara, please, tell these

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