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Fiona rubbed her eyes, willing herself to stay awake just a bit longer. Just after she did so, Heda—the woman—spoke of her previous litter. Eight was quite the magnitude of children, and Fiona wouldn't wish that on anybody. Hell, even one of these little demons was enough to send her packing in all likelihood. Luckily for her, she was going to get to leave at some point. Druid and Heda wouldn't have such good fortune. They were tied by blood to these little hellions.

What Fiona wanted to ask was, "And you wanted them again? With Anselm of all the men in the world?" but she didn't. She also wondered where last year's father was, but she didn't ask that, either. They were acquaintances at best, and it wasn't any of Fiona's business. Besides, of the lot of them, Heda seemed to be handling things the best. Maybe because of last year's monster litter. So many questions would go left unanswered.

With no help? she decided on instead. Fiona had found that open-ended half-questions sometimes led to better answers than the direct route.