“The Reapers supplied Sam with a quarterly dividend of food—a generous one, in exchange for their safety from the Sinners and, occasionally, outside threats.” Alastair only pauses briefly, scanning my face before he adds, “Sometimes the Reapers fell short of Sam’s requirements, and to appease him, the Reapers would supply Sam with women. In some quarters, they provided only a few—in others, Sawyer would hand over more than a dozen.”
