Chapter 191

“Don’t treat your men badly then, little girl,” I told her. “Don’t make them want to buy a slave to love them. Love your men yourself and make them happy. These men made a mistake, but I have come to love them. I love you. You don’t have to hate them. I don’t.”

Hannah knew my anger better than anyone. She knew exactly how deeply being taken and kept like a pet had hurt me. I prayed she had seen the affection I held for Damien and his brothers. My bitterness should not cast a dark cloud on her life.

I heard Bane cheering and looked up at the game. My family was jumping around, so I did the same thing, dancing with Hannah in my arms.

“Are you a cheerleader, Mama?” Hannah asked when I had settled down.

She remembered correctly. It had been my personal opinion every time I danced and cheered.

“Yes, but they won’t understand that word,” I told her.

We talked, as the game progressed, about everything. Hannah knew Earth and she knew here, at least some o