Chapter 430

I rushed and threw the dirty linens away before returning to listen. As Tyle and his brothers applied a treatment to the damaged wing she told them all about that area of the world. The interest the young men had spurred the woman to talk more. She responded to them and they continued to interact.

She told us things I’d never even read about. As usual, there were things you’d only know if you lived there. The details of life in those mountains was fascinating to all of us. The storms made it a very different place.

“They say our cousin still in Ciara’s belly is a woman of that line,” Aryn said proudly as the boys finished. “My male breeder is excited for his brother. They say it is rare to breed a female of T’vailk mountain heritage.”

I’d never seen a female on this planet look so startled. The woman’s head raised and she looked right in my face and then down at my big belly.

“That is not possible,” she said firmly.

The boys took her opinion in stride.<