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This tiht, Ayla thought He does have sos for the eldest “He drank your barma and …”
“Drank et into my barma!” Laramar stormed
“You don’t have to,” Ayla said “Soht, someone hit hiht back hoa found him unconscious and went to find Zelandoni That’s where he is now He was badly hurt and lost a lot of blood, but with rest and care, he should be fine B
ut he won’t tell Joharran who hit him”
“I’ll take care of it, I kno to get it out of him,” Laramar said
“I haven’t lived with this Cave very long, and it’s not my place to say, but I think you should talk to Joharran first He’s very angry and wants to knoho did it, and why Bologan was lucky It could have been much worse,” Ayla said
“You’re right It’s not your place to say,” Laramar said “I’d rather take care of it myself”
Ayla said nothing There was nothing she could do about it, except tell Joharran She turned to the girl “Co up her Mamutoi haversack
“Where are you going?” Laramar said
“We’re going to take a swio to talk with so, or will be soon, and ask them if they will share some of their milk with Lorala,” Ayla said “Do you knohere Tre, too”
“Isn’t she here?” Laramar said
“No She left the children with Lanoga, and hasn’t returned since she went to Shevonar’s burial,” Ayla said “In case you’re interested, the rest of the children are with Raht now” It was Proleva who had suggested that she get Lanoga and the baby cleaned up a little Woriht soil their own child
As Lanoga picked up the baby, Ayla signaled Wolf, who had been lying doatching the activities, partly hidden by a log Laramar hadn’t seen the animal, and when Wolf stood up, his eyes widened with surprise as he becae, powerful carnivore he actually was The n woman an insincere smile
“That’s a big ani him around people, especially children?” he asked
He doesn’t care about children, Ayla thought, reading his subtle body language He’s talking about children and iht harm people to hide his own fear Other people had voiced a si her, but she disapproved of Laramar because he had so little concern for the children for whom he should have been responsible She didn’t like the ative reaction in her