Babel Novel
Chapter 569
“Nothing will happen we cannot handle. Get up now, I want you to bathe.”
I heard the implied supposition. If Nu-reeh was angry again we may be spending many days in a cave with no baths. They knew I Liked to be clean, at least I could start out that way.
After my bath I was dressed in a flowing blue dress and the boots Nu-reeh had sent. I sat with all the men in the main room and we ate a filling morning meal. I decided to try to get my family to eat extra. I hated the way they’d been starved Last time Nu-reeh took us to the mountains.
“The meat was good this morning, Master Damien,” I whispered watching my plate. “Did you get enough, Sir?”
Damien sounded confused as he answered that, yes, he had gotten enough. He also reminded me not to call him Master or Sir. I heard the other men gasp, but my family just ignored them.
“If you and your Brothers ate more, you might stay full longer,” I said playing with my food. “Just in case you couldn’t eat later.”
Evan sighed beside me and Damien spoke quietly.
“We are fine Ciara. Hunger will not best us, should it happen again. My Brothers and I wilt eat our share and nothing more.”
I looked up in his eyes and saw he understood, but that he would not change his mind.
Christof sat next to me and stroked my hair, “You worry too much,” he said simply.
A grumbling Laugh got my attention and I realized there was still a roomful of men from the compound here.
“Your slave instructs you?” one of the other men grunted and his Brothers Laughed.
Damien wasn’t bothered by the comment, but rebuked the other man.
“Worry about your own family, Steth,” he said simply.
A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y
The other men had instructions to leave after the morning meal. Like good soldiers they had their meal and were off.
“What if she hurts you all?” I fretted anxiously as we sat around the fire.
Damien scoffed and the others just grinned. They hadn’t been bested by a punishment in countless moons. There was nothing to worry about. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
I didn’t have long to worry about Nu-reeh’s reaction. We hadn’t been sitting but a few more moments when I heard her call Damien’s name from outside the door.
The wind outside was frigid as we stepped outside into the early morning. I wrapped my arms around myself, but the cold blew through my blue dress. Nu-reeh saw me and growled like the beast she was. It terrified me.
“Damien gloves.”
“she said angrily, “I sent a coat for the slave and warm
Evan bounded inside and returned with my outfit, which I was quickly wrapped in. Inside the coat I was instantly warmer. With the hood lifted only my face still felt the chill of the morning.