Chapter 131

A strange comfort came over me a moment later and I spoke with confidence. “Master Damien and his brothers would find a way to repay you if you injured me like that. You know it is so, I have nothing to fear from you. You are intelligent, but you are not as strong.”

The transport stopped abruptly and the warriors around me stared at me. The looks on their faces should have had me cowering on the floor, but they didn’t. I knew that what I had said was the truth.

Master Damien and his brothers had chosen these strange men to care for me for three reasons. Firstly, they were curious to learn about Earth, but had no desire to use a slave. Secondly, they were distant from the other warriors, so I wouldn’t be noticed. The last reason was they were not powerful warriors. They knew, as well as Master Damien knew, they would not survive a fight with my real owners.

I should not have known any of that. Before a moment ago, I didn’t know any of that. It was all comforting, bu