“Then why is the ve full of child, Damien?” Dinah growled.


    “Did you think if you did this we would let you keep her in the mountains?”


    “What did we do, Mistress?” Master Damien asked.


    “We don’t understand.” The women looked livid. The men still didn’t believe them and the conversation


    was obviously confusing to both sides.


    “Rue and his Brothers kept the ve after we brought you here, correct?” Nu-reeh asked calmly.


    “Yes, Mistress,” they answered in unison.


    “Did you instruct them how to care for an Earth ve?”


    “Yes, Mistress,” they answered again.


    “How did you ensure the ve would be cared for as you requested?” Nu-reeh asked.


    “We paid them with the stones you gave us, Mistress,” Master Damien told her Looking over at me.


    “They kept the stones,” Nu-reeh spit out obviously grasping what had happened, “but they didn’t give


    the ve the tonic when they had her. It has to be given everyday. It is not effective if not taken every


    day.”


    The woman named Dinah groused, “We should remove the Earth ves from thepound. The men


    are too foolish.”


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    Nu-reeh didn’t seem to agree with her.


    “It would upset the men, Dinah,” she addressed the other woman.


    “The men like the human ves best. Taking them away would make the men unhappy for many


    changes of the small moon. Just look at what these men did to keep their ve. It would create too


    many problems. Their mothers would be displeased.”


    The two women nking her seemed thoughtful and in agreement, so Nu-reeh continued.


    “There are systems our cousins in the red mountains use to ensure all the females receive the drink


    regrly. The Administrators will use the same system here.”


    “Now we must keep the ve in the mountains until it is ready, Nu-reeh. This is uneptable; it is


    embarrassing,” Dinah said ring at me.


    I was dying to know what would happen to me and my child. They obviously weren’t happy about it. I


    wrapped my arms around my stomach in a useless bid to protect the unborn. There was no way I was


    strong enough to save this child from Nu-reeh if she didn’t want it.


    “What will you do with our ve and the child it carries?” Master Damien asked.


    Strange he would ask that as I thought it. A moment ago they had barely believed such a thing could


    happen.


    “That is no concern for you, Damien,” Nu-reeh snapped turning to leave.


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    “I beg your pardon, Mistress. It is my concern,” Master Damien rejoined.


    Nu-reeh took three massive strides until she rested in front of Master Damien. She considered him for


    a moment and then looked at me.