Dragoncrest Cliffs I bit her real good

"yes. it will be. de loyalty of all will be necessary to guard dem," mireille said softly in recognition of the steady time which pepper had given to sapphique. "chani is young, but she donnae be forgettin' how t'ings should be done."
cryptic. or perhaps not so at all. chani would not be allowed to forget how things were done, was the gentle thrum; mireille had forgone formal acknowledgement of val as father to her progeny. if it was assumed, that was well; he had earned all status through his own consistent, nurturing nature. that was the legacy he left.
her heart sighed with pain.
maybe there was a chance her niece could have this with pepper, and that affection was something her aunt would not discourage, not in the closed beautiful places of sapphique.