Chapter 372

“Next,” Gunth continued amicably, “we will greet one another. I am a free man and always have been, so I know the place of my birth. I will tell you my name and my origin. It is expected you answer me the same way.”

We stood and stared at the man as he introduced himself as Gunth from the T’scar Mountains. He went on to introduce his brothers next. The family was strong and powerful, but obviously older than everyone else here. They all smiled at us in greeting.

“Now you do it,” Gunth ordered.

I took the challenge first and introduced myself. “I am Ciara from Eart—” I started to say and was interrupted.

“Gunth wants your free name,” Thom interjected. “He doesn’t wish to know what the slavers called you.”

“I like my name,” I said softly. “It is a good name, Sir…”

Gunth interrupted me to remind me I was not a slave.

“I am not Sir. You must use my name. You are no longer controlled by owners and I will leave them here if I continue to see signs