Or so Tyrpledge felt. He didn't know and could not know though, what his men thought and felt. He'd have to wait for them to show their true demeanor ...nd spirit in the ultimate test: battle.When battle would be joined, the true feeling of his men would emerge. Beyond wrath and blood lust, beyond the will to survive and in doing so kill a man, would they show remorse? Guilt? Would they stay their hands in a moment of doubt? When they would see their own brother coming at them with ax and sword,. " I replied."Would you eventually surrender to them under those conditions?" he tried again."Eventually." I smiled "Sooner or later they would have mastered me." In which case let them master you." he grinned "Fight them to the end." Not you, I couldn't fight you now." I gasped out."Having already mastered you I won't be taking you this time, just the other seven." he laughed "I will be there though, I will watch them break you, watch you eventually beg them to do as they wish with you just as. Still, he had become so mean, so, consumed with needs, mother could no longer control him.”“When was that?”“Ten season,” Tess said, her face grew sad. “Mother never returned. At 12 seasons I had to take care of my little sisters and be the head of the home.”Mandy approached them carrying her hoe and shovel, she smiled at her best friend. Taking Tess’s hoe and shovel from her she said, “I’ll carry this you are nearly due.”“I have more than a moon to go,” she told her.“That’s close you shouldn’t. " Wow!" declared Connie aloud, her face reflecting both her amazement and her disbelief. That look lasted but for a moment, then as suddenly as it had appeared, it faded away. A second later Connie was sitting back in her seat, and staring blankly into space. Her face clouded over for a moment and tears started to run down her cheeks.Charles reached out and held her hand again."Sorry," Connie said in apology after a couple of minutes, brushing her tears away as she spoke, "what you've done is.