Chapter 395

One of the families I rescued from the caves, the same one that brought Kennedy’s pad to me, even showed up and sat at our table. We all squeezed together so they would fit. I got the feeling the men liked to be this close to one another. It was different from the almost isolation the families at the compound were used to.

The lead brother’s name in this family was Rayn. It was easy to recognize his family because of the one tall brother. Rayn had pulled up chairs so his family could take a meal with all of us. He and his brothers worked almost exclusively with rescues from the compounds or exploration of the surrounding area. They were rarely in the camp.

“We like to be outside,” Rayn said between large bites. “Some men like the safety of the camp, but we find it confining. My brothers and I want to be out in the world.”

I smiled at him and nodded. He and his brothers looked like the most rugged men I’d seen here. Listening to their stories it sounded like they ha