“Sir.” With quick, succinct sentences, she described her conversation with the succubus, and the way she had circumvented the prohibition on bearing children.
By the time she was finished, Michael was smiling ruefully. He shook his head. “Incredible. Though I'm not surprised. Althea Carpenter resembles her mother. That woman...she had a will of steel. And Imriel was ferociously intelligent as well.”
“To be honest,” Doriel said hesitantly, “I think that much of the...driving force...behind the idea came from Althea's wife, Yasna. Althea admitted to me herself that she was in a state of severe depression. It was Marafi who discovered the truth about-” she stuttered uncomfortably, “-about the true nature of Althea's body. And who also made contact with the geneticist who was able to bring t
