Yelena took years to pick each of her ... she called them bondmates. I suppose it takes that long to find the right people. The First said something a...out that as well, but I didn’t really understand what he was talking about at the time.”Katrin set her harp to the side. “So it’s a choice between being a warden—whatever that means—and us just going off and living our own life.”“It seems like it. But also, I don’t think Yelena wants me to settle down here in Tyrsall. You heard what she said. My people are followers of Allah and Mohamed. His teachings command that we look out for those more unfortunate then ourselves, and that we accept all men regardless of their color. These bastards which you have helped send to Hell, claim to be followers but they are a disgrace before our god. They prey on the weak and unfortunate, and claim that because the wretches they capture are black that they are not worthy of the protection of Allah. Allah commands that we do what we can to destroy. I needed my son to invite his friends home, I wanted to be alive again sexually, not to do it, but to enjoy the teasing and the desirability, to feel their need for me, or so I told myself, what I really needed, was to be fucked and used for the sheer pleasure of it, as it was with daddy and his friends, who came back to ours, after the pubs closed, to have me for that kind of sex, I was now thinking about, so it had come full circle, now I was my own father and his friends, that was the bit I. "We just wanted to catch the thieves and get our supplies back. We didn't know about you before that." What are you going to do about us?" she wanted to know. She used first tense because Barley was still including himself as part of 'we', the Confederacy, and not 'them'.He shook his head. "Not 'til Sally's here! Go find Sally. Then I'll talk." Fair enough," she said, rising and holding out her hand to confirm their agreement with a handshake. Sitting up straighter, Barley shook her hand, then.