Ankyra Sound And even though I listened, I never heard a word they said.

It didn't feel right yet, not exactly, but it did not feel as wrong as she once might have expected.  Being here that is.  She'd given her thank yous and promised a repayment, so until that day came, her own code was satisfied.  Respect and loyalty where earned, but no further.  And if one day Caiaphas proved false, the debt would be forfeit.  She hoped for her wife's (!) sake this wouldn't come to pass.

That is what I asked, and she said perhaps a male could be found.  But we know we would need to ask you first.  She gave a lift of her brow, questioningly.  The response hadn't sounded like a no, but it wasn't a yes either.  Children were the strength of a pack, but they were also a drain on resources and a calamity waiting to happen sometimes.