Chapter 27
The weeks spent with Amber passed quickly as Talia and Amber bantered easily. Amber spent her days teaching Talia all the random skills she had at her disposal such as eating etiquette, writing, riding, bookwork, trading, animal care and breeding, and other human activities that were essential to her life. Talia had never known how delicate humans were or all the things they had to do to survive. Nico was involved as much as he cared to be but he wasn’t interested in the animals or the etiquette. Though he was entirely enamored by her massive library. Talia rarely ever saw him leave his nest of books and learning. He had no qualms with living with Amber until her disease took her, whenever that would be. Talia suspected he was just as desperate for a mother figure as she was, and Amber w
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