“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 me family one

snorted and his eyes flashed, “They told you this? They told you one day you were family

a slave. Damien and his Brothers decided on their own that slavery was wrong. I asked to be

what you would be and you accepted it.

stared blankly at him. Thom just continued to speak, “You cannot make someone family, Rachel. Family between men and women is a choice. I don’t think you ever had the

measure of truth in them. It wasn’t Like I had been offered the choice of Damien’s family, it was

still a Long ride

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

sure what to say. Freedom from Nu-reeh had

me that my

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

beach were several transports Like ours. I saw men milling

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