Chapter 26 Night Of The First Bond

• The new outer healer’s hut basked under the golden blaze of midday sun. Warm light poured through the open windows, casting shifting patterns across the stone walls lined with herbs, salves, and bundles of Virellin-horn needles. The sharp, clean scent of drying Lumeris flowers drifted lazily in the air.
• Kael lounged against a wooden post near the entrance, arms crossed, a playful glint lighting up his amber eyes as he watched Xueya work.
• "You’ve got half the unmated males sniffing around like lost pups lately," Kael drawled, smirking.