The rest of the men in the hall went back to their food as Nu-reeh approached Hannah.


    “You know the rules,” she said cooly.


    “It is inappropriate for you to enter this mountain without first announcing yourself. What has made you


    forget?”


    Hannah straightened her spine at the public rebuke, but it seemed to calm her slightly.


    “It is too soon for…my female breeder to have another offspring,” Hannah said tightly.


    “I was surprised to hear she was here.”


    Nu-reeh seemed unaffected by Hannah’s response and demanded she follow protocol. With me in


    these mountains Nu-reeh would tolerate no aberrations in security right now.


    Ra spoke then, “It is a male then? You have my congrattions. My female breeder will send her


    regards. You have done a great thing.”


    Nu-reeh seemed to puff with pride for a moment and epted the des.


    “You must understand, Hannah,” Nu-reeh said in a kinder tone. “Males must be protected at all costs. I


    cannot have just anyone around your female breeder now. We will have to have a n for you toe


    and go. You cannot simply arrive as you are used to doing.”


    I saw the wheels turning in Hannah’s head. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at Damien. There was no


    way Nu-reeh would allow her to punish him with me around.


    “Your protection of my bloodline is greatly appreciated,” Hannah said simply.


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    “Come,” Nu-reeh ordered, “they must eat,” she motioned to us. “Speak with me and we will arrange


    what you need, perhaps a short visit after their meal.”


    “No chuke tonight,” Baneughed under his breath.


    “But at Least our Brother will Live to y another day,” Kein finished and they all cracked up Laughing.


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    Hannah and Ra visited Later that night in our rooms. She wouldn’t touch Damien because then Nu-


    reeh would ban her. Our daughter wanted to hurt him, though. I think she was surprised he agreed with


    her.


    “I was not honest,” he told her.


    “Even if I did it to help your Mama, I should not have kept it from her. She is family and has a right to


    know what we are doing. We were treating her as we were trained to, but she is family, not a ve.


    Family is strong and can best obstacles together. We understand that now.”


    In my opinion, seeing the sincerity on his face as he spoke went a long way to soothe Hannah’s


    temper. She knew her father inside and out. He did not like secrets in the family. When he’d said he did


    this to make it easier for me, it was the truth. His enlightenment also seemed to make her happy.


    We talked a long time and it soon became apparent the men had been very unhappy lying to me.


    They’d felt the breeding time had been too stressful though. They thought I would do better if it just


    happened.


    It had taken some luck and some timing to do it right. They’d intentionally told the men to deliver the


    wrong drink, but were still surprised when it happened. They did not understand human breeding and


    Christof had spent a long time with the Healers. In the end, they were surprised their n had worked.


    Hannah very grudgingly forgave him, but demanded he not do it again. Damien almost seemed


    relieved to promise her he would not hide things from me. He really had hated doing it. My men had felt


    they weremitting a grave crime the entire time.