“No tears, Mama,” she whispered fiercely in my ear. “I love you and I will be back for you. This is not


    good bye for forever, just for now.”


    “I love you, too, Hannah,” I whispered fighting the desire to scream and cry. “Be strong and seed,


    Baby Girl.”


    Nu-reeh led Hannah out and my family and I followed them. At the first exit to the cave system my girl


    took flight. She Looked back once and waved before she disappeared into the clouds.


    I felt numb and raw. Like a strange type of sentry I stood in the exit and started at the sky. My family


    stood with me, silent for the most part, allowing me to grieve. Eventually Damien picked me up and


    moved me back to their quarters.


    I sat stiffly on a chaise by the fire and stared straight ahead. In my mind I saw Hannah’s birth and I


    remembered her first words. Her happy little face the day she learned to fly swam in my mind. She was


    perfect in every way, except her temper.


    Damien and his Brothers jumped when I started tough. When I started to cry I had their full attention.


    Hannah’s fiery temper was such a nuisance. Certainly it hade from her father, his temper was


    legendary.


    Would it make her powerful in the world or would it be her downfall? I suddenly wondered.


    “Should we use the calming cream?” Kein asked softly from my left.


    The men debated and I roused enough to speak for myself.


    “No,” I told them in a cracking voice, “it makes me forget and I want to remember Hannah. It makes me


    sad, but I want to remember her Last days with me, even if it hurts.”


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    Christof sat beside me and held my hand. Leaning over I Lay my head on his shoulder. Damien sat on


    my other side andy a hand on my thigh.


    A new thought brought a new round of tears.


    “She is all alone,” I whispered. “I have you all tofort me as I suffer this and my poor daughter has


    no one. Hannah is being shoved into this world she doesn’t know without any friends.”


    Sobs broke through my emotional defenses and and I shook as the tears poured. My men pressed


    closer next to me. It was Christof who spoke.


    “I think,” he said with authority, “that is not the issue you think it is. The women here are solitary


    creatures, I’ve been watching them. Yes, they have Sisters, but they aren’t like us. Watch them, they


    Like to be alone and in the wide open sky. They always seemed happiest when they were about to


    leave the mountain.”


    Kein and Evan agreed with him, so he continued.


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    “Hannah, as much as she wished to stay with you, she struggled here. Thesest days you spent in the


    wind swept hallways contending with the cold. Hannah knew you are not suited for this environment,


    but she could not stay in our rooms with you.”


    I nodded and dried the tears on my cheeks.


    “You think being free will make her feel better?” I asked quietly. Affirmative answers came from all the


    men. They thought Hannah would be sad to leave me, but happy to finally be able to fly and explore all


    day. She would not feel the crushing despair I felt right now.


    “Whether she Likes it or not,” Damien said. “She is of this world. Once she is immersed in it, she will do


    fine.”


    I wasn’t convinced, but I had no option. Nu-reeh was in charge and she had made her feelings known.


    Things would be as she wished them to be.


    I crawled in bed that night and snuggled close to Bane. Kein seemed to sense my need and curled


    around my back. I Lay quietly surrounded by them and Listened to them fall quickly to sleep.