My Mate's Father Claimed Me
He snuggled up to me more and fell asleep.
The relief came right away, but it was a cold comfort. We had healed one small hole in a world that now had twelve. And the Others would plant more.
This became our new, sad routine. Kael would think about the map in his head every few days, pick a seed, and then we would go on a quiet pilgrimage to cleanse it. It was on a rock in a stream, on the bark of an old tree, and once on the wool of a stray sheep that had to be carefully cornered and cleaned. Kenny would always react in some way—he would make a fuss, whimper, or his little body would stiffen slightly—showing that the corruption was there. Kael would put his hands on it and pour the land's o
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