Chapter TwentyVaxi sat on the edge of Mizar's bed, staring at the fire burning in the fireplace set into the opposite wall. She clutched her bow in one hand while she tugged at the fabric of her dress with the other; it was a little snug around her forearms.
She remembered the haughty look on Twilla's face when she removed her tunic, revealing the Ixtrayu hunting clothes she wore underneath, including the bracer wrapped around her right forearm. She was thankful that Mareta had successfully removed the bloodstains from her encounter with the Vandans, or she'd have had to explain where they came from.
In the Ixtrayu village, bathing was a communal activity. When she would go to the cistern to wash the dirt accumulated from the day's hunt from her body, there were always several of her sis
