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She answered him in a way he did not expect. The question had been about her happiness, not her ambitions. Crowfeather wondered if they were the same, then. Perhaps Belen believed that her desires and her ability to accomplish them were the deciding factor in what made her happy. Her answers still puzzled him in a way he could not quite wrap his mind around.

I am not.

The dark wolf moved another stone and sat with a pensive frown.

Tell me of your plans, he said after a moment. The honey gold of his eyes shifted up to her face. Crowfeather was interested to hear what a Fellahin might plan in the Pharaoh’s kingdom.