Chapter 170

Nu-reeh looked down at me. “I do not know exactly what you do to them,” she said tracing my face with a claw, “but I want it to continue. They are valuable assets like this.”

“Yes, Mistress,” I whispered as the claw left my face.

“You will not carry another child, though,” she stated. “That is unacceptable.”

“Yes, Mistress,” came out of my mouth automatically.

“You have nothing to offer me,” she continued, her eyes still on Master Damien. “There is no talent the human race has that I need on this planet.”

“Yes, Mistress.”

“Evan’s talent I appreciate,” she said gesturing. “His breeder many generations back was not of Pateria. From that slave he gained his ability,” she told me.

I was too shocked to speak and even Master Evan looked curiously over at us. Evidently, he hadn’t known that either.

“We do not allow those slaves here anymore, though,” she continued conversationally, “we could not control their breeding and they were a very pet