Kein sat in a chair across from me and looked at his Brothers before looking at me. “You were so upset when Nu-reeh forced us to breed youst time,” he said softly. “We didn’t want you to break again. The children make you happy. We hoped when you had the child inside of you, you would be happy again.”


    I shook my head as I looked at him.


    “The sadness is normal,” Kennedy intoned from the pad in my hands. “Mama will feel it until we free you all. Make her stronger by giving her freedom. The way you men have been trained is wrong. Mama needs your support and she needs to know what is going on.”


    My men looked quietly at one another. I wished they understood, but I was fairly certain they did not. Our rtionship was still so new, nothing like it existed here, there were bound to be mistakes and misunderstandings. My men just could not figure out how to treat me and stick to it.


    “Besides, it is much too soon,” Eve said carefully and the sound filled the quiet room. “Humans need time to recover between births. Nu-reeh should know this. It is probably part of the reason she wanted to wait. It will cause weakness and illness if Mama is bred too frequently.”


    Damien was horrified at that. No one had told him that. Eve exined the energy and minerals it took to make a new living creature was intense. My body would literally digest itself to provide for the baby. It could make my teeth break and my blood thin. I needed rest between these breedings.


    The pad shed and indicated Hannah was trying to get through. Kennedy sent her love and support, but knew I had better get to Hannah. My oldest girl wasn’t patient and based on what I’d sent, she was probably pissed.


    Closing my connection to Kennedy opened one to Hannah’s fuming visage.


    Hannah cursed Damien until she ran out of words. She used such foulnguage I wanted to scold her, but I knew she wouldn’t hear it. My first child was livid that Damien had kept this from me and done this without my knowledge. It was bad enough Nu-reeh used me like a ve. She would destroy Damien for doing it, too.


    “Stop!” I demanded. “Damien and his Brothers are learning. They admit they made a mistake and did something wrong-”


    “A MISTAKE?!” she roared. “They did not make a MISTAKE, Mama. They did this intentionally. They deceived and abused you so easily because you trusted them! I swear to God, Daddy, next time I see you, I’m drawing blood!”


    I felt awful for making her so upset. She was obviously reacting to the note I’d sent her. Desperately, I tried to soothe her, but she ignored me. Shockingly, Damien agreed with her. If she punished him, that would be fine, he could see now he deserved it.


    “We never meant to hurt you,” he said to me. “Hannah will exact revenge for you.”


    “Nobody needs to exact revenge for me,” I said trying to cate my daughter. “I overreacted, Hannah. Damien loves me-”


    “He LIED!” she roared. “This is not a joke, Daddy,” she said coldly. “You owe me.”


    Hannah’s transmission ended and her line went quiet after her final statement. I sat staring at the nk pad, but she didn’te back on. I sent her a note asking her to be calm, but got no response. It worried me, but not the men. Hannah was just upset.


    “She probably went to go calm herself somewhere,” Damien shrugged.


    “Or she’s flying here toe hurt you,” I fretted, tapping on the pad.


    I had no idea how to contact the girls if they didn’t pick up. They seemed to be the only ones capable of initiating the videophone link. I fussed with the pad for a while before Bane took it from my hands.


    “You need to eat,” Kein said pulling me to stand.


    I went willingly and sat with the men at the kitchen table. Everything was as it had been when I stalked into the bedroom. They had not even touched dinner yet. I remembered as I was settled in a chair, family eats together.


    My te was piled high with nutrient rich foods. I was not given any choices tonight. Kennedy’s Sisters had scared my men. They hadn’t realized the pregnancies could weaken me. None of this was my favorite food, but I understood why they gave it to me.Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.


    We ate in silence. The men seemed to be deep in conversation between one another. In no small way I missed knowing what they were talking about, so I asked. Damien smiled at me looking guilty before he answered.


    “We are d for more family,” he said simply. “We are sorry you were upset, but we hated to torture you, as we didst time.”


    I had to smile sadly. They loved their daughters and Bane’s son. More family was just someone else to love.


    Bane grunted loudly before he spoke, “Nu-reeh will want to know. We could hide it from her, since she did not want it yet, but that may be unwise. We will have to talk to the General in the morning and he will let her know,” he said.


    “She will be angry,” Evan said picking up some food from my te and putting it at my lips. “She will say we knew and she will be right. We will take whatever punishmentes for this.”


    I wanted to fret, but the men wouldn’t allow it. They’d done something they knew they weren’t supposed to. If it resulted in punishment, they’d take it. Telling me they were breeding me had always made me sad. This time they’d aplished it without upsetting me, at least until now.


    After dinner I was cajoled back into the bathing room. I’d rubbed my body to remove the dirt, but I’d barely cleaned the surface. My skin was still dingy and I had not treated myself with the cream. My hair wasn’t cleaned yet either. In the shower room I was rubbed and pampered. Once they were done they put me in my linen shift.


    The day had been long, stressful, and exhausting. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.


    I woke the next morning and sunlight was spilling into the bedroom. It was markedlyte. The apartment was quiet as I rose and stretched. The space was unupied, except for me. I smiled seeing arge handwritten note stuck to the front door.


    Do not open the door. Do not go outside. There is food for you in the blue bowls in the kitchen, your drink is in the cup. We will be back shortly.