I looked up at Damien and saw the pride in his features. His girl was strong and striving to be Like him. I don't imagine it was an emotion he ever thought he'd feel.

Ra's female breeder many generations back had been from Earth, so they had that in common. Before the bond with Hannah Ra hadn't recognized English. She had distant memories of an Earth Language, but it wasn't one I had known. The sounds weren't even Like English.

Hannah assumed Ra‘s Earth breeder had been from the place I would have called Egypt. Ra remembered a dry, desert world where pyramids stood unfinished. I agreed, it was most Likely Egypt.

Looking up at the men I smiled with tears in my eyes. They looked interested and encouraged me to continue.

The girls had flown across the great ocean, Saval, together. She described where we Lived and said it was located on a smaller sea that bordered the great ocean. Christof found the discussion fascinating.

Travel across the Saval ocean had taken days. The girls slept on sandbars during low tides. Ra had taught Hannah to catch and eat things in the sea. Hannah had found savage revenge in eating the tentacles of the fleint. They had feasted on those many days.

Across the ocean was slightly different, but not much. The women on that side of the world were great builders and mathematicians. They designed and built the space ships that ran on their ore. Most of the industry was centered on the ship building.

Hannah discussed how they had the raw materials delivered from other planets. The women worked massive forges and built the space crafts. Other women did the engineering work to make the ships run.

Men on that side of the world did some of the work for the women. Materials were delivered to the compounds and the men there built the delicate electronics. The men had no idea what they were making, but they were good at it. Hannah commented that Kein's son had ended up over there.

Kein would have ended up there, too, Mama, she wrote. They tried to put him with families of builders. That is normal for men of T'vailk Mountain heritage. He wouldn't stop fighting with them, though. I talked to his mother one day. She said he clicked with Bane and then they clicked with Damien. She had wanted him to be a builder like his male breeder, but he was obviously a Warrior.

I looked up at Kein and he looked shocked. They had probably never thought about their female breeders. Evidently the mothers still watched over them, though.

The letter continued and Hannah talked more about Kein‘s mother. They had spoken for a long time. The other woman had been upset when she heard about the violence the men had inflicted on one another. At the time she had reprimanded Nu-reeh strongly for not watching her son better. Now that the men were happy and back in the compound, she was keeping a closer eye on him.

“She still watches me?" Kein said sounding shocked.

“She knows me?"

I paused and watched the men. They Looked beyond amazed. In fact, they started to look stressed.

“I'm sure it's nothing invasive," I soothed setting the letter down.

It scared me when they got anxious. I was never sure exactly how much stress it took to break a bond. That was something I never wanted to witness.

Bane raised an eyebrow at me as I petted Kein on the back. I used the same voice I'd used to calm Hannah as I talked to him.

“Relax and focus on your Brothers,“ I advised Kein, “don't get too upset."

Bane snorted openly and then spoke, “We are not weak men, Ciara," he reminded me. "It would take more than a simple surprise to break us."

Kein looked at me and now he was irritated. He shook the hand off his back and muttered.

“I will not break apart again," he said. "It's just very strange." “Read more," Christof encouraged handing me the letter.