Chapter Twenty NineKitto poured the wine whilst Jack sat down beside Kiera. Then he settled himself on a chair opposite them. Kiera and Jack looked at Kitto expectantly but for a while he didn't speak. He sipped at his wine and stared past them, his mind elsewhere. Eventually he looked into the fire and began to speak softly.
"Bersaba and I grew up together. We lived in the same village. She and her sisters, Ailla, and Kelyn lived with their parents. Bersaba's mother was gifted. She didn't have powers, not like you Kiera, but she was a good woman and what she didn't know about plants and herbs wasn't worth knowing. She was a healer, people travelled for her medicines and tinctures and she taught her daughters everything she knew. They lived modestly. Bersaba's mother didn't receive much i
