Valley of Gold [m] I need not one thing more

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As hard as she'd tried to take all of it in stride, Muat-Riya's display of power had left her rattled. The threat in it had not been lost on her. They would depart from the valley sooner than she'd hoped, then, but even that knowledge didn't fully settle her. Nightmares plagued her each time she laid beside @Dusty Rose.

Eventually they drove her from her bed tearful and bristling. Fear of waking their daughters kept her silent, but she hoped that Dusty Rose would somehow sense that he was needed. It wasn't like her to slip off without him, after all.