That brought me to another concern and I cleared my throat. I told Kennedy what the men wanted. My


    men had nned to ask Hannah, but I wanted to see how Kennedy would react.


    Dara asked pointed questions about the boys. She wanted to know about age and training. I was


    honest with her, but I felt bad knowing where this was leading.


    “What if they understood?” Eve asked suddenly turning to face her Sisters. “What if we didn’t steal


    them? What if they came to us?”


    It made no sense to me, but Kennedy exined. Rescuing men meant capturing the entire family. That


    could be really hard to do. The women had to keep the men safe, but show them they were free. It


    often took a long time and it was difficult.


    “What if these boys came to us willingly?” Eve asked getting more animated.


    It was a novel concept. Damien could teach the boys about the world and then the free men could take


    them away without a fight. That would make it so much easier.


    N?velDrama.Org (C) content.


    “We have to talk to some Elder Women,” Kennedy said suddenly facing the monitor.


    I called suddenly desperate not to Lose my connection to her.


    “I’ve so enjoyed talking to you…”


    Kennedy sighed and gave me the same patient look her father would have.


    “Mama, send a message to Hannah. She’s deep in the mountains, so she won’t be able to talk to you


    like I am. She would enjoy it if you wrote her a letter. Your pad is set up so you can do that. She’ll get


    the message and send you one back.”


    I smiled and tried not to be a whiny, needy mother, but in truth I just wanted to see my girls. It had been


    so long since I had seen or heard from either of them.


    ninjanovel


    Eve spoke next, she exined the pad would not transmit sound if the girls were in the mountains.


    Kennedy and her Sisters had made sure to be in a ce they could talk to me today. Hannah would


    probably arrange to be somewhere she could talk soon.


    “The pad burns,” Dara said suddenly and Kennedy pped her forehead in a very human gesture.


    “You can’t get caught by the General or other women with this. It will burn quickly in a fire pit. Don’t


    stand too near, though. The device is powered by the ore, there will be an Large discharge of power


    when it burns.”


    I looked at it and smiled. Of course they’d run it on the ore.


    “You are curious, Mama,” Kennedy informed me. “This pad will let you learn about whatever you want.


    I’m not sure how to describe its ability to you. The closest I could say is like aputerized


    encyclopedia.”


    I thanked the girls and sent my Love. Kennedy seemed to be in a big hurry as she blew me a kiss and


    signed out. She was very excited about talking to the Elder Females.


    The screen blurred and the girls were gone. I sat and stared at it. God, how I had missed them. This


    was the first I had heard from Kennedy since she had flown off. If it had been my choice I would have


    talked to her all day, but she was a busy girl. Just Like Hannah, I smiled. Both girls fighting for freedom,


    I felt proud of them.


    The pad was remarkably easy to use. I figured out how to send a message to Hannah quite quickly.


    The pad would let me know when she sent a note back. At least ording to the instructions the thing


    provided it would.


    This would probably confuse Tyle and his family. I put the leaves and the pad back in the box and hid it


    all in a bag in the bedroom. When Damien returned I would tell him about it privately.


    The door creaked open after I finished straightening up and had been knitting for a while. I was hesitant


    this time, considering my Last surprise. Damien came through first and I smiled with relief at him.


    Damien was not smiling, though. His eyes riveted on my face and a foul curse left his mouth. His sword


    was drawn and his stripes were dark. A mouthful of secondary teeth made me stand very still and


    watch him.