Fifty:
Princess Ashden
There was a woman with green skin, and black hair peering directly at me. “You’ve slept an awful long time.”
“Who are you?” I asked.
“I’m Bretta,” she said, “I’m a friend of the God Mother that is responsible for Haven. He wished for you to be taken somewhere that you could be saved, and I was the closest witch that could heal skin and bone.”
“Skin and bone?” My hand went to my stomach. “Is my baby----”
“Your baby is perfectly fine,” she said, “but you….on the other hand….”
I stared at her. “What happened?”
“I almost wouldn’t take you in,” she said, “someone tried to kill you, recently, yes?”
I frowned.”There’s been a lot of people trying to kill me. That’s generally what happens when one is on the run, or when someone is different.”
“Yes well,” s
