“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 night ‘long

“They told you this? They told you one day you were

eagerly nodding my head, “they said I was family and not a slave. Damien and his Brothers decided on their own that slavery was wrong. I asked to

told you what you would be and you accepted it. It doesn’t sound to me as though

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

in them. It

still a Long ride to our

a tentative sip, then a couple of gulps. She Looked amazed as she handed me back the container. This had been a

and I rode hand in hand, silently for the most part. I wasn’t sure what to say.

occurred to me that my men would be judged harshly by

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

saw men milling around passing

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