Chapter 93

“The larger woman protected the man?” I asked her.

She shook her head, “I don’t know what they were doing. We all waited thinking the man was going to be taken again, but he was not. I’m not sure what they were doing.”

I held my tongue in check and watched Rose go back to her sewing. The larger woman was probably protecting a man she owned, just no one knew it. He must have had some talent to have been the target of a nearly successful raid. None of that was something I could share with my friend.

Despite my concern over my men, I made up my mind to think of nice things before bed. I didn’t want to have nightmares again. Thankfully, I had good dreams all night.

Rose and I were delivered to the keepers’ compound the next day. The girls from the village had been returned and their friends didn’t attack me. They were all smiles, happy to be together again.

The four that had gotten in trouble didn’t talk to me or even look at me. Frankly, I was fine with th