Chapter 141

The other men told me to rest and went quietly into the main room after closing the thick leather flap between the two rooms.

"She told you to watch me, didn't she?" I asked Bane.

"Sleep, Ciara," he ordered.

I turned to look at him and he looked back at me.

"Go to sleep," he repeated.

I stayed quiet but watched him. He wasn't closing his eyes and he didn't look like a man trying to take a nap.

"Yes," he finally sighed. "Nu-reeh wants us to watch you today. She said you would be weak. We are to provide what you need. Now rest or she will be angry."

Feeling safe and protected, I did as he ordered.

I slept soundly until Hannah decided it was time to eat. She probably alerted everyone in the cave system with her screeching. I was so surprised by the sound I stumbled out of bed thinking it was an alarm in the compound.

Standing confused and bleary in the middle of the room, I just couldn't get my bearing fast enough.