227 My Home, My Heart*

~ JAYAH ~

Jayah fluttered like an adolescent as she and Skhal approached her cave. She was thrilled to be able to bring him, to not have to hide him… and yet, she was glad her home was off the main thoroughfares of the Tree City. Slightly remote, nestled high up a trail that snaked up the side of the mountain foothills. They weren't going to accidentally run into anyone out there. Even so, when they'd decided to travel, she'd kept to the back trails and avoided as much attention as possible, because even though the Alphas had declared peace and several of the Chimera were making their way to the Tree City, they all knew that it was still so tenuous.

When that impossible meeting for peace had occurred, Jayah had stood back in trees holding Zan as requested, Skhal at her back, watching over her shoulder, one hand on her other shoulder as if he was afraid she might run off into the valley. But Jayah had no such compunctions.