CHAPTER NINETEEN
RISPAN
Bijoux was growing fast. When she gets much bigger, I wouldn’t be able to keep her under my shirt anymore. Already she would tend to poke her head out so she could look around as we rode. She was also eating more and more, and that must have helped her growth spurt. Of course, I really had no idea how fast jahgreet were supposed to grow. Bijoux had made friends with Genevané and tolerated Kiarash, but Gaetan had made no effort to become acquainted with her.
Gaetan was Ogaré; he was huge. How someone could avoid seeing him for so long was beyond me. But Genevané managed it. Day-in, day-out as we continued north. It was as if he didn’t exist for her. Gaetan didn’t talk much, either. This made the days more than a bit awkward, but eventually we got used to it. With
