Sun Mote Copse Leaving blood on the paintwork, though primroses grow in circles round his feet.

Towhee’s mouth pulled into a moue at her daughter’s news. If that was true, she knew his family would step up and support him. Fennec in particular might prove a critical resource. It would also mean that communicating with him would be difficult for her, Towhee Jr as well, at least until he was more articulate.

Well, he has a great support system if that’s the case, she murmured. So you’re going with Skip, huh? I guess Jack was kind of taken, she mused in the next breath, thinking of her lovely, wayward son.