Chapter 72

Just before sunset I heard the hum of a transport pad outside. I jumped up and ran out the door. My eyes locked with those of a massive blonde haired man. I ran back into the building and backed into the far wall. I couldn’t stop watching as the men came toward me. Most of them were large and well-armed, obviously warriors.

Five of the men entered the building and stalked toward me. I screamed for my masters and jumped out a window on the wall. They were on top of me before I got ten feet away. It was a pointless struggle and they laughed heartily at me as they dragged me, by my hair, back into the building.

“Who are you screaming for slave?” one of them asked me. “Your owners left you here. I’m not sure why they left their mark on you though,” he patted the mark on my stomach. “Do you think you are worthy of them coming back for you?”

“Why would they come back?” another man spoke. “This thing has no sense, it looks right at us and dares the consequences. It doesn’