I smiled up at my men and shook my head. I had no intention of opening that door, ever. This hunting


    thing mightst a while and I wanted to eat dinner eventually. Kissing each of their Lips, I pushed them


    out the door.


    For the first time in a long time, I was left alone. I stood for a moment before the fire and relished the


    feeling. No one was talking and the room was quiet. I wasn’t supposed to be keeping up with all of


    them, all at once. Flopping on the chaise, Iughed.


    Blessed silence surrounded me and I sat staring at the fire. The ride here had been long and tiresome.


    I enjoyed just sitting and rxing for a moment.


    Leaning back I curled up and closed my eyes. I started to doze and roused myself. Evan would never


    understand if he found me sleeping when I wasn’t pregnant. He’d probably think I was ill.


    My needles and yarn sat in a cupboard in the kitchen. I had watched Christof put them away. Setting


    back down I started to make a nket. Even though they didn’t really need them, my girls did seem to


    Like things I had made. It made me feel good.


    I was concentrating on what I was doing when the door creaked. I looked up expecting Damien or his


    Brothers.


    “Did you forget something?” I asked happily as the door openedpletely.


    It wasn’t Damien or the new young family. The men that entered all had shaggy, bulky outfits on. I


    screamed and reached for my swordying several handspans away.


    One man moved quickly toward me and I scrambled away. Darting away from him was foolish, he was


    obviously stronger, but I tried as I screamed. He leapt across the room in a surprising burst of speed


    and grabbed me.


    The man snagged my arm and pulled my back to his chest. Without a second thought I screamed for


    Damien again. A hand mped hard over my mouth and nose, effectively silencing me.


    The rules, I had to remember the rules. I Looked down and quieted myself. These men would not hurt


    Damien’s property if I acted appropriately. I just had to pray these were honorable men and not bandits.


    “Kev, release your hold, that is too tight for a human. She is silent now,” the man in front of me said.


    The hand on my arm rxed and I felt the feeling flow back into my hand. The man’s grip had been so


    powerful it had cut off my blood supply. As his hand rxed on my face it felt sore. He might have left a


    hand shaped bruise over my Lips and cheeks.


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    Rachel, we are sorry to have frightened you,” the man in front said.


    “You do not need to fear us, Kennedy sent us.”


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    I looked up into his eyes and he smiled at me. He Looked familiar, but it was hard to tell. His face was


    coated in a fineyer of dirt. He was dressed from head to toe in an outfit the color of thend outside.


    It was shaggy and made him look slightly like a dirty gori.


    I was reminded suddenly of pictures from the television. Snipers on Earth wore camouge like this. I’d


    seen pictures on the military shows my uncles watched. Uncle Bob had called them Ghillie suits.


    My eyes travelled across the outfit and took it in. It was very much like the pictures they’d shown on the


    television. It surprised me to think they had these here, too. This man would be invisible lying outside.


    “We cannot spend Long, Rachel,” the man said politely.


    “Thisnd is not safe for us. We have been waiting for you. Your daugh-ter asked us to bring this


    package to you. The girls could note themselves. It is important that they appear to be doing as


    they are supposed to. Both of your offspring travel as the older females demand they do.”


    I nodded and the men Laughed lightly. Hannah and Kennedy had taught them what that meant. It was


    good I understood.


    A tall man stepped forward and motioned to the door. “We have to go now,” the man in front said


    pushing a box into my hands.