“And here I was, thinking that the war hadn’t spilled into Haive yet.”
“It hasn’t.”
Mora opened her mouth to ask the obvious question but clamped it shut when she came to a realization. “Family business, I take it. Not something that I would know about.”
“It’s private,” Alara admitted, not liking to keep the secret from the woman that had made her last few days in Waterfree vacant of the loneliness that had snared her, even if their relationship was to be temporary and ending.
“Then I don’t need to know.” Mora shrugged. “I don’t doubt that it is important. You seem to only have your mind on important things. I hope that you don’t forget to take some time for yourself now and again once you are off doing these important things.”
“What about you,” Alara said. The both of them saw the de
