Should have said that right away, she reflected as she headed down to the hospitalis to say farewell to her other cousin and her foster-mother. Would have saved ten minutes.
Never mind: it was good she had told Jules first -- he went to pack their things while she argued her way through the rest of her family. Had she told him last, they would have departed much, much later.
Miranda was still sleeping when Ghia reached the hospitalis; the girl had been sedated, as the incident had hit her harder than it had hit Anala. The child's powers had always been stronger than her elder sister's. Someday Miranda would be a formidable foe -- or ally.
Depending on whether the family ever convinced her that they meant her no harm.
Anala reclined in a bed in the main recovery room. Helene was nowher
