“Unlike Father to make a vow and not fulfill it. What stopped him?”
“I don"t know,” Bubbling Water said. “When he came back though, he talked about Brazen Bear and Fleeting Snow, and dreamed about them.”
“I still don"t understand why she mated Scowling Tiger. I know you don"t like anyone calling her the Traitress, Mother, but after she mated the man who betrayed her own mate, she deserved the name.”
Bubbling Water smiled at her son. “The ways of woman are inscrutable.”
Rolling Bear snorted. “Women!”
“Men!” she replied, and they shared a laugh. “I don"t know whether the Infinite"s addled your father"s brains or just put him on a different path. Well, I"d better speak with the boy before he falls asleep. Come get me if Rippling Water wakes. She"s probably hungry.” Bubbling Water felt th
