“Where are they?” I asked the man, starting to panic. “Did you take Damien’s family and Basin’s family or just us? Didn’t my female offspring send someone for Rose’s family and mine?”

“The slavers,” Thom spat out, “were offered safety in our camp. They are being transported separately. Hannah and Kennedy are well respected or such a request would never have been honored.”

I stared at the man in the dim half light of the tunnels. He had referred to our men as “slavers” and I had that sinking feeling again Free men would view men like Damien and his Brothers as no better than the women.

“I am free with Damien and his Brothers,” I said quickly taking a step toward Thom.

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was not a slave and made

you this? They told

family and not a slave. Damien and his Brothers

decision, was it?” Thom asked lowering his voice and sounding slightly menacing. “They told you what you would be and you accepted it. It doesn’t sound to me as though it

men and women is a choice. I don’t think you

a measure of truth in them. It wasn’t Like I had been offered

Ruth,” Thom said, “it is still a Long ride to

took a several tries for Rose to finally Lift the canteen to her lips and take a tentative sip, then a couple of gulps. She Looked amazed as she handed me back the container. This had been a first on

in hand, silently for the most part. I wasn’t sure what to say. Freedom from Nu-reeh had been such an overriding goal, I hadn’t stopped

me that my men would be judged harshly by

cold on my face when Light suddenly shone ahead of us. We passed out our narrow passage into a Larger cave. There appeared to be a flat, black lake with a large circular island in the middle. A series of big camp fires lit the island and surrounding area. In the dim Light I could see

ours. I saw men milling around passing in and out of the

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