Chapter Two
Ka’ya brushed the memory of that day aside and focused on the present. Over time, the villagers had grown to fear her. Even Jorge, as powerful as he had grown over the last ten years, kept his distance from her. He sent the other Elders to order her to do his bidding while he hid behind the doors of his hut.
Bitterness rose in Ka’ya’s mouth. She would have left the lot of the villagers to their fate if it had not been for her mother and brother. Dru was finally of an age now that she could spirit him and her mother away. She would have to be careful. Jorge kept both under close watch.
“Ka’ya!”
Ka’ya turned to see her mother hurrying after her. Concern swept through Ka’ya when she saw the dark circles under her mother’s eyes and the faint lines of tension around her mouth. G
