Tulaska POV

Why in the name of all the stars had Jiro asked them to make his decision easier?

Because they were Wise Women, that’s why, and Wise Women helped the Alphas and their Lunas. They comforted the troubled ones and troubled the comfortable ones. 

Arranging her moonbeam cloak around her so it didn’t get caught in her chair, she thought about Jiro leaving the question in their hands. She supposed she couldn’t blame the boy. He’d taken on another younger ...