Redsand Canyon pinyon

tamar nodded.

"i am interested to hear it. and then maybe i will tell you one of my own mother's stories." her smile was genuine but for a moment it did not touch the pensive look in her own gaze.

where was her mother now? tamar missed the woman fiercely. dina of the oasis, first wife to izakiah. right now she would be visiting her oldest daughter, paws upon a smooth round belly, speaking of the children to come.

and tamar was here. there was a chance she would not see them again.

perched on the edge of the patients' cot she waited, trying to recapture the joy she had felt moments ago.