Moonspear when you're dead and gone

Easy was sure, too, and she was happy to wait for them to come to her — especially with such intriguing company around.

"He'd be about the right age," she replied, her tail whisking as the connection was made. It made sense to her that the girl hadn't heard much about him, too. Her understand was that Aureli had left home when he was very young.

"I do," she confirmed, offering the girl a smile. "Your cousins, I suppose. Lighthawk and Searchlight are their names. Two boys. But Aureli is a traveling healder — we don't see him very often."

This didn't bother Easy, who'd known from the start that this would be the case. She'd had no trouble raising the boys with the help of her family.

"Kindle knows them," she offered.