“Hannah eats solid food now. She is an excellent hunter,” she stated bluntly. “You have five day cycles


    to send her to travel before I make her leave this mountain.”


    “Yes, Mistress,” I answered her softly.


    Nu-reeh stared hard at me.


    “Our women do not stay with their female breeder in their ce of birth. It will make her a weak female.


    She must see the rest of this world.”


    I looked at Nu-reeh and saw her raw power. Neither Hannah nor I would survive a fight with this female.


    We had to do what Nu-reeh wanted.


    “I will tell her she must go, Mistress,” I said with my voice wavering only slightly.


    Nu-reeh made a sharp sound and asked me to roll the sleeve up on my arm.


    “This will stop you from having anymore offspring,” she said pushing the silver pen into my arm.


    “You will take the drink every day to augment the effects of this. Damien she cannot miss any of the


    daily drink. It only works if you are consistent.”


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    “Yes, Mistress,” the men answered together.


    I expected the slight burn that originated from the silver object this time. They had used something


    simr at the auction. Unfortunately, much Like the auction my visual field started to cken and I felt


    myself starting to pass out.


    Nu-reeh didn’t care and walked away. Hands stopped me from dropping to the floor and I looked up


    into Bane’s face as he cradled me.


    “Rest, Ciara,” he told me, “we will care for you.”


    Everything disappeared and I rested as they carried me back down the halt.


    The bed bounced and I opened my eyes to see Hannah’s grinning face above mine. Her teeth were


    enormous, seemingly longer than they had been the night before. She was crouching beside me


    waiting for me to wake up. For a split second, I saw the predator she could be.


    Hannah was a ball of excited energy this morning. As I took my morning bath with my men she talked


    nonstop. She had hunted and eaten both dinner and breakfast in the mountains. The ce she slept


    had been wonderful. She loved living in the rough.


    “Mama, you wouldn’t believe it, but sleeping on my stomach on the warm stone is sofortable. I


    don’t have to worry about catching anything with my spears or talons and I can rx,” she exined.


    At breakfast she told me all about how wonderful sleeping in Nu-reeh’s cave had been. I agreed and


    encouraged, but couldn’t find the strength to tell her that was where she belonged. It was easier just to


    let her talk.


    The little medicine cup was at breakfast this morning. Watching my little girl I took it down quickly. I was


    grateful I would never have to do this again. My mind wasn’t built to feelfortable watching my child


    of six moons go out on her own.


    After breakfast Hannah wanted to show me where she had slept. The men went to the sorting room


    and she pulled me to an opening in the mountain.Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.


    “Up there, Mama,” she pointed toward the craggy cliffs at the cloud line, “just beyond the line of clouds


    is where I stayed. Nu-reeh said when the mine near there was fresh she slept in that cave to protect


    her ore.”


    “Seems so high up,” I mused squinting up at the distant peak.