By that time, they’d come close enough that Sunna could hear them. She hurried to join them, with Varin limping behind. They exchanged quick greetings as they met.
“Eppie went into their camp last night,” Sunna said. “She did a fine bit of creeping and listening. If I’d been there, I would have counseled her not to go in so close, but I wasn’t, and it was a good thing. She learned more than I could have hoped for.”
“Go on,” Ferrent said. “It’s good to see you again, but what’s this?” He reached toward her belly but she backed away.
Sunna blushed. Thorat wondered if they’d been lovers, but even if they had been, Sunna would have fallen back on her priestess habits and told him to go on with his duty, and now it seemed she was carrying a baby in her belly.
“We’ve missed you in Anamat,” s
