Chapter 77

“The warriors showed up angry and yours already knew you were not here,” Rose said shaking her head. “We told our owners what the keepers had done and they were furious.”

Fuji continued the story, “Your owners must have known you were gone long before they got here. A water transport arrived and they paid the man to take them to find you. We didn’t know what happened once your owners left until you told us.”

Rose interrupted her, “When the other warriors realized which way you had gone it turned into a hunt; lots of them joined the search.”

“That was nice of them,” I mused.

“No, it wasn’t nice,” corrected Rose. “Whoever found you got to keep you or sell you, whatever they wanted. You were a runaway slave, your owners had no rights to you until they found you.”

I shivered and stared at my friends. This could have ended up much worse for me.

Rose and Fuji drifted off to a game being played on the beach. I was tired, so I lay down in the sand. I like