I smiled and was dumbstruck for a moment. Sister wasn’t really appropriate for what our rtionship


    was. They werehusbandsto me and I was awife, but those things did not exist here. The intent was


    genuine and a very nice gesture from them.


    We soared through the dark rocky terrain. The men instructed me to continue to struggle, which I did. I


    could feel the eyes of the other Warriors burning into me.


    When the transport finally slowed, I heard the General’s booming voice and felt my hair stand on end.


    Please, please, please tell me they didn’t expect me to act Like a brat to him, I thought.


    “Damien what did you find?” the General asked as we stepped off the transport.


    “A run away ve,” Damien said cooly.


    The General asked a few questions and noted the tattoo peeking out on my leg. I felt his hands pull the


    skins on my foot down and the dress up to look at it. He knew exactly what ve I was. There was


    recognition in his eyes as he grabbed my hair and pulled me to look at him.


    “Well,” the General said, “did your family find it alone?”


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    Damien answered affirmatively.


    “AS per ourw, a run away ve belongs to those who find it. What will you do with this ve,


    Damien? It has run twice,” the General reminded the men.


    “It appears dirty and sickly now. Not the ve it once was at all.”


    I felt ashamed to be seen like this. Dirty and unkempt, I looked a little ragged I knew. It was


    embarrassing the General had chosen to bring that up.


    “My Brothers and I are strong men,“ Damien said slowly, “and we enjoy a challenge. We will keep the


    ve.”


    A voice broke the silence around us, “They have a talent to track with the sense of taste, General. They


    have tasted that ve. It wasn’t fair,” the anonymous Warrior proimed.


    A rumble of agreement went through the men. My breath stuck in my throat and I felt terror for a


    moment. Even if Damien thought he could buy me, I couldn’t deal with being auctioned again.


    “Yes, they do,” the General mused and my heart went into my throat.


    “However, I know how well that particr trait works in the mountains It is disrupted like all our bonding


    and tracking senses…No, my boys, to track in the mountains, you just have to be a good tracker. Who


    found the ve, Damien?”


    “My Brother, Kein, sir,” Damien said patting the smaller man on the shoulder.


    “Well, there you have it,” the General said decisively, “the best tracker in the field found the ve, not


    the Brother with the sense of taste.”


    I saw Evan’s face darken slightly and I knew he wanted to say he had been right there with Kein. I


    smiled at him through my hanging hair. He saw it and his shoulders rxed some.


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    “Cor and tame the ve quickly, Damien,” the General said. “The Barcas outpost is not far from here.


    You may leave the ve there. Keep to your regr schedule,” and then the General turned to the


    crowd with a warning. “No one is to touch what belongs to Damien. If the ve acts untamed around


    you, report the infraction. ALL punishment is left to the owners.”


    The General’s Brother spoke next. He ordered the second search teams out and told the first teams to


    take a break. I assumed Damien and his Brothers were the first search team, because they walked


    toward the transport with me still draped over Bane’s shoulder.