NovelEnglishThe Keepers spoke to us after that. They didn’t like it that we were talking in our native language. Rose apologized and I followed her lead.
We spent the rest of the afternoon with Rose teachingabout the games the men like to play in the evenings. She said her men thought it was fun sometimes to let her play with them. If I got good my owners might Letplay with them, too. That gaveplenty of incentive to pay attention.
Late in the afternoon Rose’s owners chome. They took us to the bathhouse and then fed us. They didn’t say anything about what had happened this morning. The men acted just like they always did.
As I lay in bed Later that night, I thought about my owners. I wondered how much longer they would be gone. Hopefully the women wouldn’t hurt or keep them this time.
When sleep finally tookI was worrying about the women. My sleep was fitful and full of horrible nightmares. When I awoke I was glad to be out of my dreams, they had been awful.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRose and I didn’t go back to the Keeper’s the next day. We stayed in her owners’ apartment with our own men to watch us. In the late afternoon she sewed and I watched out the window.
“How Long are the men usually gone for a coupling?” I asked Rose.
‘t depends,” she told me, “two or three days, usually.”
“So, it isn’t odd mine aren’t back yet?” I fretted chewing on a fingernail.
“Ciara, the women rarely kidnap men from a coupling. Honestly, that’s when they are least Likely to be taken,” Rose said watching me.
“Are they really that bad?” I asked her. “Are they really stronger than the men?”
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“Without a doubt,” she toldand shuddered.
“How did you see them?” I asked.
“I was with my Masters while they played a gof chuke,” she said quietly. “Two women swooped out of the sky and grabbed a man right from the field. They were about to fly away with him when another larger woman attacked them. The women seemed to be fighting over the man. The larger woman forced the two smaller women to drop the man and then chased them away.”
“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.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI 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 stalent 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 toor even Look at me. Frankly, I was fine with that. I had a core group of friends and I didn’t need to hang out with people that would just getin trouble.
When we were in the bathhouse that night before dinner I sat with my Keepers and chewed on my nails. It was a bad habit I thought I’d broken years ago. I was just so worried my owners would not cback.
“Didn’t we tell you to feed it, Basin?” I heard Master Evan ask from behind me.
I slipped my finger out of my mouth and chanced a glance up at my owners. They were battered and bruised. Master Bane had fresh teeth marks over one shoulder and Master Christof couldn’t open his right eye. They all Looked atexpectantly.
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