Chapter 82

“Do you know much of love, Den Mother?”

Adel look up from the pollen she was scraping from the stamen of a wild flower, gesturing for her apprentice to bring over their bag.

“I know enough to have guided a dozen young women like you through these years of their lives.”

“Will you consult your visions for me?” Netya asked as she unlooped the carrying strap from her spear and handed the bag to Adel. “There are so many things I am unsure of. If only there was someone who could give me reassurance, perhaps it might help to make my path more clear.”

“Your path is with me, as a seer. You will have time for romance once your training is complete.”

Netya’s expression fell. “Is that what your visions have told you?”

“It does not matter what I have seen,” Adel sighed. “You understand my ways now. I would only be telling you what I believed would help you most, and you would know it. Those who commune with the spirits as we do give up the privilege of believi