I looked away at this news and sought out the others. "And what did you find?" I demanded. Just as I had feared, we had been too late. Every moment that we had spent chasing after them hadn't been nearly enough. People had died because of me, kids had lost their family all because of me.
Manx looked up from tending Koda. "The same thing can be said of what we found. All of the older ones had been sacrificed. We couldn't find anyone over ten ourselves."
"We have to take them with us," I announced. "If there was no one left to take care of them, then we have no choice."
How was it that I who never even wanted kids, was about to be saddled with far too many of them? I glanced over at Maya. "We could split them up between our clans so no one group is too overwhelmed with mouths to feed." T
