章 669: Tree Time, Part 2

"No…" 

I got my answer before I could even say the question, so immediate, so sudden, I wasn't even sure I heard her right… so I tried for some clarification here.

"No… what?" 

"No…" Adalia repeated again, returning her focus back to her side of the tree. "I… will not… invite my sister here…" 

Times like these, answers like those, I'm not sure if she was really just this perceptive, or if Matriarchs have innate telepathic abilities she hasn't told me about yet. But actually, I think there was a much more simple explanation… 

"You overheard Tyler and me talking, didn't you?" I asked.

"I hear… everything…" She said, and as if to prove that very point, raised a finger and pointed right behind me. "Amanda… wants your… deer…"