Kapitel 77: Cohorts

ELIA

The women around the table looked at each other unhappily and murmured to each other as Elia shook her head. She needed to stop sounding like an idiot.

"I'm sorry," she said, "I'm not trying to sound dense. What I meant was, that excites me. Because I've been trying to figure out what I can do here. Life is so different, I will need to build new skills, I think."

"Of course, of course. But firstly you'll be the Mother of all us," Aymora said, taking a bit of her own muffin. "Queen, Elia, leader of the Prides and champion of… well, we'll get to that part later. First we must do what we can to help."