Chapter 319

I did not know that about Christof. Of course we’d never talked about who his favorite woman was. It just had not come up.

“Your Mama,” he continued, “is special and so very different. It wasn’t until she explained the Earth concept of beauty to us that I understood. We just don’t think of beauty the same way. You do not have to alter yourself to be lovely. The men you breed with will find you beautiful.”

“Not too soon, though,” I interjected hurriedly. “You don’t have to worry about that for a long while.”

Both of them laughed at my obvious concern. It wasn’t like a man could force her. My worry was comical to them.

Still, how I wished everything in her life would take a long while.

It was not to be. Kennedy grew fast, much quicker than Hannah. I knew the steps now and watched them happen sadly. She flew and her wing tips were hardened. Unlike her older sister she accepted the paint on the barbs graciously. When her talons grew I nearly spent the day i