Tala closes the door on Wolfe's startled face.
Then she whispers to Sylvia. "If he mind-links you, don't tell him anything."
"Oh…okay." The healer whispers back then chuckles. "He just did."
Tala shakes her head and gives her hand to Sylvia. "Can you please take me to Theano?"
"Oh, right. Um, here…let me clear the path for you first so you don't trip or something…"
"Thank you, I appreciate that."
The healer comes back to take her hand and leads her to a chair near the bed where the pups' mother is sleeping.
"I had to give her some sleeping draught…again. But it's not good, it's only a short escape from reality and she's fading away. I try not to give her anymore but she's inconsolable and has the tendency to self-harm. I made her stay here after the first time she tried...so I can l
