The Lay of the Land

~ ZEV ~

Zev wanted to bite something. Did his brother really think he'd hurt Kyelle? What was wrong with everyone?

Lhars spoke up as if to take Zev's attention from his mate. "It's only been days, Zev. I'm guessing a lot of them will come back when they've had some time to rest. Everyone is still finding their feet here, but we have a lot more resources than those who've gone out alone, or as a pair."

"We have more pairs?" Sasha asked quickly from the corner. Everyone turned to look at her.

Kyelle smiled. "Several new mate pairs, and others that we're certain are going to choose to bond. They're just… finding their way. The females are still… uncertain of themselves a lot. And there's that cluster of them that the humans interfered with. The ones that appear to be mature, but are really still children. We're being very careful with them and—"

"There's two Anima who've mated Chimera, too. Do you know that?" Sasha blurted.