Chapter 148

Time seemed to fly by at lightening speed. Hannah started to crawl within seven day cycles. She was walking within thirty. Dark brown fur started to grow, finally, after she started to walk. Nu-reeh had been worried about that. Since the baby fur hadn't come in by her early birth, she thought it should have grown in before this.

The fur covered Hannah from head to toe. It was shorter and seemed lighter than the other women's and it spared her face entirely. Nu-reeh told me the thick hair the females had would grow in after her fangs developed.

It must have been warm, though, because she didn't want to be wrapped anymore. The fur seemed to be doing its job.

Hannah's wings had fascinated me. Each wing was divided into three sections. At each transition point was a fleshy barb. It wasn't nearly as hard as the ones the adult women had, I hoped that changed with age.

By her third moon I could appreciate the changes in Hannah's wings. Over time Hannah had learned