Chapter 103

I took the bowl and looked inside. It was an orange, a large ripe navel orange. Reaching inside I touched the rough skin and wondered at it.

“We do not know how to feed you this,” Master Damien explained from beside Master Evan.

“Show us how you eat it,” Master Kein commanded.

I picked up the orange and started to peel it. The scent of it filled the room and Master Christof wrinkled his nose.

“What a strange odor,” he quietly commented.

Once the orange was peeled I plucked at the seeds to remove them.

“The man asked us to save those if the slave did not eat them,” Master Evan said and had me place the seeds back in the bowl.

I separated the orange into pieces and the men were fascinated by it. They each took a piece and examined it.

“Would you like to try it, Masters?” I asked.

“No, Ciara, this is your treat,” Master Evan told me handing the piece he had taken back.

I showed them how I ate it and they fed me the pieces I ha