~ SASHA ~
That last couple of hours before they reached the Chimera were heartbreaking. Sasha had had to stand aside and watch while Skhal, his face lined and pale, his jaw tense and flexing, said a desperate, pained goodbye to his mate. Zev wasn't allow Jayah to come closer to the Chimeran settlement yet, despite Skhal's pleas and Sasha's encouragement that the female had already shown her trustworthiness by showing them around the patrols, and the long route through the hills to move past the ravine that, Skhal explained, acted as an excellent gateway between the two peoples.
The long route they'd taken to reach this place took far too long to allow for strategic communication, and without Jayah's knowledge of the locations of the Anima patrols, they wouldn't have made it through.
