Chapter 58

“I’ve only seen it one other time and it was awful. The men lost the will to live when they couldn’t depend on one another. The women came and picked them off one by one from inside the compound. What happened that damaged them?” she asked.

“I’m afraid to talk about it,” I said honestly.

“If you want to help them,” Rose said, “he has to re-bond with his brothers. I’m not really sure how they do that. Most of the bonding happens when they are still very young.”

We talked about what the bonding meant for the rest of the game. Fuji had cooled my back down significantly, so it felt a little better. The girls said they would ask their masters how they bonded. I would ask my owners, also.

Fuji and Rose didn’t know my owners, but they knew their warriors were friends with them. The girls were worried their warriors would be upset if mine were taken. It was strange to realized how much we all cared for these men. I wondered if, other than Christof, they felt anything