Chapter 69
Chapter 69 Thaddeus Kohler sent Brandi and Rachel to the community house to prepare lunch for the village men, but left Melisse alone in the field where the women had dug tubers all morning. The day was crisp and cool, but Melisse's cheeks were flushed and a sheen of perspiration covered her skin from the effort of digging into the hard ground. He stood before her. “You must hate men for what they did to you,” he said, feet wide and hands on hips. She looked up at him and then stood, rubbing her hands against her cargo pants to brush away the dirt. It didn’t surprise her to see him, not after the way he'd looked at her in the community house that morning. “Those men were the enemy. I hated them—and we killed them before we left the area.” “So you don't hold such brutality against my s*
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