Christof did as Damien asked. I know because I read over his shoulder as he wrote.


    His letter was sinct and polite. He greeted Kennedy and wished her well, then he instructed her.


    The men that came were too rough with me, although I said it was not intentional. Men could not be


    sent to speak with me. Any contact with the family should be made through Damien or his Brothers.


    All the Brothers agreed on the message and I fussed at them.


    “She’s so young,” I begged, “and it was so sweet to think of us. Don’t scold her.”


    Christof would have none of it. Kennedy was young, but she had to learn. It wasn’t safe to have strange


    men approaching me.


    Damien took the pad after Christof and left a message for Hannah. He wished she and Ra well. It was


    a short and pointed note telling them to contact us anytime. We would be in this cabin for six day


    cycles.


    “Well, she can’t really do that,” I said touching his arm. “The boys won’t understand any of this.”


    “Rx,” Damien insisted patting my arm, “we’ll send them out if we want to talk to our girls. They can


    be made to understand we need privacy.”


    “She said to teach them,” I whispered to Christof. “Kennedy said that if they knew the world it might be


    easier to rescue them. I don’t know how you exin to them who they are to you and what you know.”


    The men all chuckled and grinned.


    “They know,” Damien said pulling me past the leather drape into the main room. “That one,” he pointed


    to Aryn who grinned proudly, “knew there had to be a reason he had Bane’s mark on his arm. The kid’s


    been trying to get our attention for many moons now.”


    Bane was standing at the fire roasting the meat the way they liked. Several of the boys stood close


    watching him. The boys were all half dressed and damp. Two were towel drying their hair as we came


    out. Bane must have made them clean up after the hunt.


    “They figured we’d know why the boy had my mark on him after you reacted so strongly to seeing it.


    Aryn finally asked me,” Bane said. “I told him while we hunted. I am his male-breeder. The women used


    me to make him and I never knew. We are family now, all of us.”


    The boys looked pleased at the phrase. They were being imed as family by strong Warriors. They


    knew what that term meant to my men, so it was not taken Lightly. It was a term for ultimate trust and


    protection.


    “The world is not what it seems,” one of the young men said softly. “You have been to the mountains.


    You talk to the Administrators and they do what you ask. Can you tell us what you know?”


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    The boy was perceptive and bright. The world wasn’t what it seemed, but the men here rarely


    questioned things. I stared at the boy in wonder.


    “Three generations back,” Kein said grabbing the kid and pulling him closer to me.


    “It’s right here.”


    The boy looked ufortable so close to me, but I could clearly see his mark. Three generations back


    was a human ve in his line. Tyle finally voiced the young family’s question.


    “sir, we don’t understand what you’re looking at,” he said politely.


    “My Brother, Varn, does not have a mark from you all.”


    My family exchanged a quick nce and I saw that they’d made a decision.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.