NovelEnglishChapter 70
Instead, Christof would awaken within the middle of the night and “take his time’ as he said. He was so sweet and gentle; it was like he was my boyfriend. We spent hours on the chaise cuddling, talking, and sometimes making love. What we did was always my choice and | loved Christof deeply for givingthat. My twith him at night was my favorite time.
Lunch was my second favorite tof the day. Most afternoons Christof cto feed me. We had completely given up eating in the Lunchroom and instead walked in the forest. It had becso common the Keepers left my Kneeling pad in the courtyard and | waited for him just inside the wall.
Just like at home, Christof didn’t treatLike a slave, but like an equal he could talk to. When we were alone together, we were just friends. | fed myself from the bowl and usually chose what direction to walk in. He just accompaniedas | explored different places in the forest. Christof just seemed to need someone he could relax around.
| got comfortable with Christof. He encouragedto talk about hand listened curiously to all of it. Stories about my prior Life intrigued him. How humans lived together, males and females in the splace, it amazed him.
Christof never minded my questions and toldall about this world.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOne day he showedhow to hold a sword. | had to use a branch, | couldn't even lift his sword off the ground. We played ‘warrior’ with the branches frequently.
“Who do you fight with?” | asked swinging my branch the way he had taughtto.
“Lighten your grip,” he instructed before answering. “Too tight a hold and you lose maneuverability.” Once | had fixed my hands and released my death grip he answered my question. ANGELA'‘sLIBRARY
“Men from the other villages close by. Sometimes there are raids and men cto take things from the shopkeepers. It is our job to protect them,” he told me. “We patrol around the surrounding area to keep the raiders out.”
“Sounds stressful,” | commented wrinkling my nose.
“It's fun!” Christof laughed. “I love it when the other men come. We train hard to best them. The skirmishes are exciting. My brothers also look forward to them.” His face darkened and he looked different suddenly, “We enjoy fair battles we can win with skill and strength.
‘They’ are not all Like that.”
| tried to ask about the Last comment, but Christof distracted me. It was an odd comment and | wasn’t sure who ‘they’ were. He didn’t want to talk about it, though. Instead, Christof asked about my mother. He knew he could distractby asking about her
| rarely spoke to him long about my mom. The subject madetoo sad and | would cry. | could never resist talking about her, so despite the tears that came, | spoke freely.
As | talked, | remembered the good and the bad times. That still confused Christof greatly. He had never understood family the way | described it.
His family was his brothers and they got along perfectly. | told him how my family kickedout of my bed and sometimes ate all the food. | explained the unkind remarks and the many beatings they had given me.
The idea of having a family that hurt you or couldn’t be trusted baffled Christof.
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| talked a lot about my mother and her struggles with alcohol. He didn’t really understand hat@tiher, Guthe listened Even’ with all her failings she was still my mother. The more | talked about mom, the more | missed her. The content is on Drama.Org! Read the latest
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Christof didn’t understand missing a mother, the mothers here dropped the sons off after they Were VEFYT) small. emmencthar'rdized them were!ca led Child Keepers. He did say he knew what it was like to miss someone. He often spent so long consolingwe were Late back to the compound. The content is on Drama.Org! Read the latest chapter there!
We agreed about other things and that was kind of cool. When it w
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“| have female parts,” | said stubbornly making him Laugh. “Your inability to put a child indoesn’t mean I’m not female.”
He said he didn’t care if | said that around him, but it would make his brothers upset. | grumbled a Little, but agreed with him. It would have to be our Little secret.
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