Chapter 27

She stroked enya's mane again, and enya thought her grandmother had a beautiful voice.

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Chapter 24

He reached over and hesitated, then touched kel's mane. kel's ears pricked forward. "loryn . . ." "i know," loryn whispered. "i just . . . miss being with you. is all." kel smiled at him over his shoulder. "i missed you too."

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Chapter 22

Hris said apologetically and pushed his mane back from his face. "i want you to be there," keeno said with emotion, "when my first child is born!" hris looked across the barren fire pit at keeno, his eyes sad.

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Chapter 20

Fish bones were woven in his mane, and he wore a choker of them around his throat. he was a tall male and, like the rest of his tribe, had a wild curly mane and very pale blue fur. his slanted eyes swirled with more green than blue as he took in gurwin.

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Chapter 19

She nodded with conviction, and the white feathers in her mane fluttered. bayne made a sour face, and lynny almost laughed: nayati was the one female in their family he could not bully or control.

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Chapter 17

Snarling on his back, he tried to punch kilyan off, his brown eyes glaring fierce through the licks of mane that fell in them. kilyan blocked with his arm and thought he heard the bone crack.

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Chapter 15

Lynny kept his long mane in a low ponytail, the tie of which was nearly touching the tips of his tresses. zaldon's white mane, meanwhile, was loose and flowing down his back.

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Chapter 14

She peered up at keeno hopefully, her brown eyes wide as a lick of tan mane fell in them. it was true that zalia had packed keeno's traveling pack for him. though she was not living with him yet, she was still his wife and still took care of him.

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Chapter 10

"only because i love you," kel said into her mane. he held her with trembling arms. "only because i love you . . ." after supper, everyone went to bed, and zalia thought her father was as meek and humble as a lamb the rest of the evening.

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Chapter 9

"and i'm very proud of you, my girl," she said, dropping her cheek on zalia's mane, "for taking charge of your destiny." they sat in silence for a while, mother and daughter.

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Chapter 6

He smoothed down kel's mane as he whispered, "just like his daddy." kel closed his eyes. "we buried sion under a tree near the river. the children said it was one of his favorite places . . . i owe him the lives of my children. and now he's dead."

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Chapter 5

He had inherited tuala's eyes and their pretty shape, and his long gray mane hug loose around his curious face. like all of sion's little brothers, he adored sion and followed him around as much as he could.

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