Lost Creek Hollow Wake me when it's over

Kel's ears perked up at that, and he smiled in gentle surprise. An herbalist, then? Or a healer? Perhaps both. He took a careful step closer, bringing them to a more companionable distance from one another. Despite his wariness of the women in leadership, the fact that he barely knew them and was expected to respect their authority, he did desperately want to discard his misgivings. But first he would have to prove to himself that they were unfounded.