Thessalia POV

THREE WEEKS LATER

Was the soil just right?

Did it get enough water? 

Was the arboretum even the right place for their tree cuttings? Wouldn’t the tree cuttings being planted outside work better?

Thessi squatted by the bed, watching Dirge fuss. HE was the one agonizing over the ideal spot. She’d even begun thinking of herself–at least in shifter lands–as Thessi. The people who loved her and knew her best called her that, even the pups. ...