Chapter Thirty-TwoMaeve and Runa's chavas had no sooner disappeared into the distance than Kelia's morning devolved into pure chaos.
The remaining chavas, forty in all, would be pushed to their limits today. The first group of evacuees would include Eloni as well as Liana's daughter Hathi, the lead gatherer for the tribe. They, along with several huntresses, would make their temporary lodgings comfortable as well as defensible. Kelia prayed that it was indeed the Stone and not her tribe's obliteration that was their enemies' objective. She took a small measure of comfort from the fact that most of her sisters would be well out of harm's way, and that the Ixtrayu would continue if the battle went badly for those who remained behind.
It took much effort on Kelia's part to convince Katura t
