Chapter 367

We stood and followed the three men up the sandy incline and through the room for dancing and relaxation. They kept walking and we went through the room we worked in during the morning.

We were led out into the bright sunlight toward the entrance to this compound. Several men stood around. Rose and Fuji both looked down. I did, too. Without Damien here to defend my rights, I felt it best to follow the flow.

“Thank you, Keeper,” I heard an unfamiliar voice say, “we will take these beings off your hands.”

“Just give me back my brothers unharmed!” the keeper demanded fiercely and I looked up.

The keeper’s family was all on their knees with swords at their throats. The family that held them looked as mean and dangerous as any I’d ever seen. A second family was doing the talking.

“Come, Rachel,” a man said as he reached out to grab my arm, “bring your friends and we must be gone. Hannah sent us.”

The man grabbing me looked rough. His brown hair was cut