Magdalena spent some time with Melena, and they discussed a lot of things before she finally returned to be with her people. She knew they were all still worried about the reason they were there, and she decided to keep it to herself, enjoying the suspicious glances they were throwing around and the way everyone kept staring at Edna. Everyone except Abel seemed to be having an internal battle. Magdalena suspected he knew something, and he wasn't telling them. As long as whatever secret he was keeping did not harm the settlement, she would leave it alone. The alpha or god, whatever he might be, had the right to his privacy. She wouldn't even dream of confronting Abel as things were, because if he were a god then she was beneath him, and her magic would not affect him. She stared at him and
