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The tension in the air was stifling, and the Marino's nerves were almost to the breaking point. Half the time anymore she felt herself on the verge of tears. She could not believe that this was happening to her home. How had war come so abruptly to their doorstep? Constantly her mind worried about what would come next, and dwelt on thoughts of what was happening to Anu. It was so horrible that the Praetor had been taken captive and was doubly hard on Cambria. Not only had the kind older wolfess helped her through some of the most difficult times in her life, but she was the mother to the woman she loved. Mati had been so upset ever since the night of the raid and it had only become worse when the parley party had returned without the blue-eyed femme. Everyone wanted Anu back, but none of them knew what to do. The horrible new leader of the tribe had put a knife to her throat. Her mother had had no choice but to retreat.
Cambria had left the suffocating confines of the mansion and made the short trip to Tallermein's Cottage to visit the llamas that belonged to she and Mati. Carino and Francis were grazing placidly when the cocoa wolf found them and she settled herself on the ground between them in a huddle, knees pulled up against her chest. One hand stroked absentmindedly at Francis' soft wooly hair as she stared out to the west. Anu was not the only one she was worried about. Dawali, the old chief of the tribe, had taught her how to be a healer. She owed so much to him and he was such a kind man...what had happened to him? Had this new leader killed him to take his place? The thought brought that familiar pressure to the back of her eyes and she hid her face away to try and stop the salty tears before they started.
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