Chapter 276. A Mentor's Task (1)

Afhany rushed to tell Matheus. He accepted, after a certain reluctance to leave Louise alone with her suffering.

Afhany then thought long and hard and decided that there was only one way to protect themselves from further attacks on their minds. But she would need Lenda's help. So she waited.

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For the first time in his life, Bryam felt alone. He was in a dark room with his brothers. They hadn't been mistreated, but his brothers were starting to get hungry. The nannies put them in there and left. He was sure he had heard the voice that gave them their orders. But he couldn't connect the voice to a person he was completely familiar with. He felt he was doing everything he could not to be seen or heard by the children.

Bryam himself could only make out a shadow talking in the corridor with the nannies. While he was thinking, Samuel's nanny came and grabbed him. Bryam struggled with her before she grabbed the child, kicking and scratching him, but she shooed h