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it was not what mireille had expected, but she supposed it was not unexpected. chani had definitely returned a changed woman, and it pleased her aunt to think she would join the ranks of those pregnant this year.
that pepper was much older did not detract from her niece's choice. "i be glad she chose a man here too," the obsidian murmured, nudging her sister in gentle love, her eyes shining. chacal would be a grandmaman!
it brought her to mind of the daughters that had dispersed and those who perhaps had been lost; she wondered if it would ever be so for her. but her scrutiny was for pepper, who seemed welcoming of them but stiff in some way. did he mean to confess?