Chapter 249

Crunching feet got our attention suddenly. Men’s voices were coming into the forest.

“I love you, Mama,” Hannah said rising and hugging me. “Stay strong, I’ll see you again. We will find a way to fix this…somehow. We have to leave tonight, the women will fight us if we stay close to their men another night.”

Ra gave me a quick squeeze and the girls melded back into the forest.

We stood and I heard Basin’s voice boom out. He cursed and swore. The General was angry, Damien and his brothers were being troublesome today. First the fighting, now they disappear and hang out with me.

Damien was noncommittal in his response and just led me back to the keepers.

He had to walk me all the way to the beach, since everyone was already there. His presence caused a great deal of turmoil as the girls all looked up at him. They cried and looked down, everyone feared the new punishments.

The keeper told Damien he would let the respective owners know who had looked