Chapter 14: Drinks

Mimbi

On the other side of the Paran River, the remnants of the Hova army who had attacked the Karainas moved steadily towards the wall. Towards the rear of the marching soldiers, twelve iron cages filled with women and girls of all ages rolled steadily forward. One of them had carried a few men and boys, but they were the first ones the Hova drank from.

The girls and women learned early on that crying, wailing, or yelling was not a good idea. It was up to the older ones to try to keep the younger ones silent, but it was an impossibly hard task with so many of the girls being so young. They were hungry, tired, and dirty, and all none of them understood exactly what was going on.

The older ones had no idea where they were going, but they understood what was going to happen to them unless they were somehow rescued by their fellow Karainas. Some had lost all hope and merely clung to the iron bars that held them as prisoners.

In the last cage following the re