“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

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

asked lowering his voice and sounding slightly menacing. “They told you what

and 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 option of choosing another family. You were told

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

Thom said, “it is still a Long

take a tentative sip, then a couple of gulps. She Looked amazed as she handed me back the

friend and I rode hand 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

occurred to me that my men would be judged harshly by their

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.

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

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