“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.

Angela’s Library

I was not a slave and made me family one

eyes flashed, “They told you this? They told you

was family and not a slave. Damien and his Brothers decided on their own that slavery was wrong. I asked

it?” Thom asked lowering his voice and sounding slightly menacing. “They told you what you would be

men and women is a choice. I don’t think you ever had the option of choosing

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

Ruth,” Thom said, “it is still a Long ride 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 this planet for

I wasn’t sure what to say. Freedom from Nu-reeh

my men

narrow passage into a Larger cave. There appeared to be a flat, black lake with a large circular island in the middle. A

saw men milling

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