Chapter 171

No one talked once they came inside. The boots walked slowly around me until I was surrounded. Pulling the blanket around my shoulders, I fought to breath slow and steady.

"Leave it," I heard a bored voice say. "Get our things and we can go celebrate."

Damien and his Brothers were right, I mused as the men collected their things and left. The men from the compound respected the rules about slaves. I was in far less danger around them than I had been in the mountains. Still, I didn't breath easier until I heard Damien and his Brothers come in.

"The others were here already," Kein said as soon as they walked in.

Christof unbundled me and checked for any damage before I could speak.

"Did they touch you or speak to you?" Bane asked with a hand on the hilt of his sword.

"No, they just looked at me and left," I said reaching out and stroking his leg.

"They didn't need to look at you," Evan said sounding cranky. "I told you all those men wer