No, it wasn’t. The drink Evan was bringing me would keep my stomach settled. They’d nned to start


    giving it to me as soon as they knew. Nu-reeh had interrupted their ns by putting us all in that cave.


    They would have preferred I was taking it days ago.


    My mind was bombarded suddenly with information about nausea and vomiting. Damien and his


    Brothers were sure this idea would work.


    “No new bets, though,” Bane exined stoically. “You sided with Christof. We’re keeping the original


    wager.”


    I grinned at Bane’s sense of right and wrong when it came to betting. You couldn’t change your side


    just because new information came up. That just wasn’t how it worked.


    Bets were so far off my radar, I’d forgotten the wager we made outside the cabin. Christof and I had


    said I’d have morning sickness. The other Brothers had said I would not. They’d been working on it


    since then.


    Evan approached the table with a confident swagger. He was sure he’d be on the winning side of this.


    “Taste it,” hemanded, handing me the cup, “it should be very ptable for you.”


    Grinning up at him I took a sip of the frothy Liquid. It was not objectionable. I felt like I should know the


    vor, but I just couldn’t ce it.


    “It’s the root,” Kein said grinning, “concentrated and made into a drink. We think it will stop the


    vomiting.”


    Bane tore a chunk of meat and Laid it on my te. Kein handed me what resembled warm, heavy


    bread. They encouraged me to eat and the Brothers dug in.


    The men were ravenously hungry. They’d been kept near starved for days. During our time in the cave


    they’d kept tight reign on their hunger. Conversation was ignored as they satisfied their stomachs.


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    Basin and his Brothers came in with Rose after the men had all downed one te of food. Their bellies


    were closer to appeased, so they watched as their friends entered and settled at a table. Damien put a


    fresh helping on both our tes as the internal discussion got strange.


    Rose’s head bowed so submissively was ridiculous. Men on this were strong and everyone


    knew that. Damien didn’t see the point in forcing someone to stare at the floor. It was not a threat to


    anyone if a human female looked around.


    I remembered how supermodels had looked on Earth. The jaunty swing of their hips as they looked out


    over the crowds. Their eyes were even done up so it drew attention to them. That was considered


    beautiful on Earth.


    The men sifted through my memories of Earth as we ate. I thought of every female I’d ever seen, from


    the most beautiful to the most hideous. We Laughed and marveled over all the different ways a human


    woman could look.


    Damienpared Earth females to women here. Something about the women on this called to


    him. Their feral nature was both dangerous and attractive. He craved contact with them.


    “Not in a way I’d want to keep in my home, though,” Kein muttered. Paterian women were exciting, but


    they weren’t like me. You’d be horrified to see Nu-reeh sleeping on your bed at home. Evan


    remembered myst pregnancy and all the times they had found me curled in their colors, fast asleep.


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    “You love me,” I whispered. They did. My family loved me. Everyone at the table understood what that


    meant and we all felt the same way.


    It wasn’t like hearing someone say ‘I love you’. I felt the depth of theirmitment to me. It was like


    nothing I’d felt before.


    My shining eyes met each of theirs across the table. I was ovee with the feelings they had for me.


    Inadvertently, I started to choke up and tear.


    That snapped Evan out of it.


    “If you vomit, it isn’t morning sickness and it doesn’t mean we lose,” he warned me.