My men visibly rxed after her statement and I was d for her assistance. It would hopefully be


    good enough for now.


    Since it seemed men could suppress her suggestions if they had an incentive, I had to avoid giving


    them any reason to fret over me when I took my walks.


    My men Left the dining hall in high spirits. Someone had offered them a chuke game and they happily


    took them up on it. It had been ages since they had yed. We went to the arena and I sat with


    Hannah off to the side.


    The ce we were in was enormous, even for the cave systems, and it was cold. The Light came from


    torches, but parts of the roof were also missing, so somete afternoon sun streamed in.


    I sat with Hannah in a patch of sunlight next to a warm torch while Damien and his Brothers yed


    their game.


    “Women are very powerful, Hannah,” I told her softly as she watched me.


    “Yes, Mama.”


    “You will have great power over the men,“ I told her, “but you mustn’t abuse your power. These men


    need you to take good care of them. For this to survive you must treat the men well and keep


    them safe.” “Yes, Mama,” she said watching me. “I don’t like men, though.”


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    “Why, Baby Girl? Why don’t you like men?”


    ‘The men kept you as a ve, Mama,” Hannah’s perfect English blended so well it surprised me, but


    she continued. “What the men did is wrong,” she said simply.


    “Don’t treat your men badly then, Little girl,” I told her. “Don’t make them want to buy a ve to love


    them. Love your men yourself and make them happy. These men made a mistake, but I havee to


    love them. I love you. You don’t have to hate them. I don’t.”


    Hannah knew my anger better than anyone. She knew exactly how deeply being taken and kept like a


    pet had hurt me. I prayed she had seen the affection I held for Damien and his Brothers. My bitterness


    should not cast a dark cloud on her life.


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    I heard Bane cheering and looked up at the game. My family was jumping around, so I did the same


    thing, dancing with Hannah in my arms.


    “Are you a cheerleader, Mama?” Hannah asked when I had settled down. She remembered correctly. It


    had been my personal opinion every time I danced and cheered.


    “Yes, but they won’t understand that word,” I told her.


    We talked, as the game progressed, about everything. Hannah knew Earth and she knew here, at least


    some of here. She was desperately curious about the rest of it. Unfortunately, I’d already given her all I


    had.


    “You’ll go out and explore is what Nu-reeh said,” I mused Looking out over my men again. “She


    seemed to think you would leave me fairly soon.”


    “I won’t leave you, Mama,” she said stubbornly, “I love you.”


    My heart Lodged in my throat and I felt the tearse.


    “I love you, too, Baby Girl, but it’s what you have to do. I don’t want you to leave me ever, but I won’t


    hold you back.”


    Hannah set her jaw and looked up at me.


    “I won’t go,” she said simply. Iughed at her.


    “Your father is stubborn, too,”


    “I don’t need to Leave,” she insisted, “and I’m not like my father.”