Redsand Canyon unattended children will be given a double espresso and a free puppy

Kallik wondered if his own children would behave so badly. The sheer disdain in the boys expression was surprising, considering he could barely even talk. 

The sound the child made next had the legatus quietly shushing him. Your mother and siblings are sleeping, he said. What if we step outside for a little while, right over there, he pointed with his nose to a shady patch just a few steps from the den. He didn't think the matrona would mind; Kallik would never let anything happen to him. 

He raised an eyebrow in invitation.