Stone Circle Timeline: Impossible

"Oh - he never said he didn't like him - I guess I just thought that because he never talked much about him," said Easy, cheeks coloring underneath her fur. She had to start watching what she said. What did Daddy keep telling her about tact?

And then Valette said something that gave the girl pause. Easy blinked at her aunt, taken aback by the notion that such a thing might be frowned upon. Sure, she knew her mother was disliked among the Morningsiders, but that had been for her faithlessness, and not for her mixed blood. Right?

"I'm part dog, Ma'am," she said to Valette, shifting uncomfortably at the implications of the conversation. Was it possible that Valette didn't know that? What if she wasn't welcome anymore? What if she was chased away and Valette got mad at Daddy?