For the next two days, Cleopoda did the best she could to forget the injustice being done to Zenas. She couldn't come out of Birian's room because she could not trust herself to not go and check on him. The last thing she wanted was to anger him or cause him trouble so she stayed indoors with Birian and taught him. Once had even suggested that she take a basket of food and head over to the field to stay for a while but she refused. She knew he suggested because her anxiety was very plain. She worried for Zenas, worried that he would send up beaten and battered like the other time. She could barely sleep at night, she tossed and turned and kept Birian up because her mind was in a state of unrest. Birian was an intelligent student, eager to learn and hungry for more knowledge of all that she
