Chapter 108

The other men started to yell about that. Master Damien and his brothers were acting crazy, there was no way he would become General.

I small smile crept across Master Damien’s face and I caught it.

The men stayed in their quarters and didn’t go to the bathhouse that night, due to their injuries. I fretted about their backs and begged them to let me put something on it. They had to suffer until they healed, that was part of the punishment.

“Could you call the healers?” I asked softly petting Master Bane’s leg as he fed me dinner. “Maybe they would not tell and they could help you.”

He frowned down at me and fed me another bite. “We are strong men, Ciara. Weak men need the healers’ touch, not us. We have not used the healers since we were young boys.”

They were so adamant about it that I finally stopped asking. Over the next two days, I watched their skin heal with awe. For all the violence the General had inflected they didn’t even scar. It made me wond