Kai reached for his sword, but without so much as a flinch, the woman let go of Xanna and swiftly punched him in the mouth before he could draw it. The tribe laughed as blood trickled from his cut lip, but the woman held up her free hand and they fell silent. Putting her fingers to the wound, she let his blood wet the tips. She examined it closely. ‘Interesting." Her eyes narrowed to give her face a hawk-like look. ‘Now, I"ll ask you again. What are you?’ She gripped his sister"s face once more, even tighter.
‘We are...Earth Healers...’ Xanna managed with a wince. ‘From...the forest of...Earthias...across the...river.’
The woman glanced at the rest of her tribe. They were all whispering to each other, and two of them made a peculiar gesture to her with their hands. ‘The humanoids that li
