Chapter 253

I didn’t get a good look at their injuries until we went to the bathhouse. The men were bruised and battered, but they seemed to be healing. I cleaned Damien quickly and gently. He almost fell asleep sitting in the warm water.

“Come on,” Christof said shaking his shoulder, “let’s get upstairs.”

We met the men delivering food at our door. They had just placed the tray on the table and wished Damien’s family a good meal.

We all dressed in our linen outfits for the evening. The sixth chair was pulled up for me and we sat and had a quiet dinner. The men ate voraciously, which was strange for them. When I asked Christof told me they had not eaten well today. Except for Damien the other four had worked through lunch, it was part of the punishment.

In between bites Bane explained the General was looking for new ways to punish them. They seemed quite immune to his whip. He had thought letting the other warriors have a go at them would be a good idea. It had been, unt