Chapter 52

“Do you remember the posts?” she asked incredulously. “Your warriors watched you the entire time, they stood out of sight. They choose who went up after you, if you panicked too much they tell their friends to stop. Your warriors will never cause you pain directly, they will only ever be the one to stop it.”

“That is so weird,” I mused remembering that awful night.

The torment had only stopped when one of my masters called a halt to whoever was harassing me. The torture had ended with Master Damien and his brothers taking me home and caring for me.

“Right, so I don’t know if it would better for you to panic and have your men call the General off or if there will be a set number of lashes,” she said back in planning mode. “If they want to see you scream, you need to wail. If there are a set number of lashes, you need to control your breathing and get through it. Your warriors will feel better about you if you act strong, I think.”

We spent the rest of the morn