Chapter 119

Their irritation at the situation was funny and they were awfully far away. As I cleaned the counters in the main room, I continued to harass Master Evan.

"You're lucky to be on a planet controlled by women," I told him. "Women are smarter than men and much better at running things."

I felt his anger course through the bond and laughed out loud. It would be disrespectful to the men running the sorting room to leave in the middle of the work day, so Master Evan was stuck. Despite his desire to punish me he would wait.

Master Damien's thoughts were suddenly forefront in my mind. The men from the red mountains had told him how to punish a human slave. He was eager to try out their methods on me.

Unlike the men from the blue mountains, they had learned how to discipline a slave without leaving lasting scars. The whip was excessive. Smaller, less harsh items could be used for day to day training. Human skin was not as frail as the men believed it to be.