Chapter VII: HARD WORK WELL DONEThey came and went for a days at a time. Between each foray, there were long days of study… of the city they would next travel to, of the leaders they would next meet. In the sparse spaces between, Belamay was there, sharing intuitive insights—those so often missing from the male mind—ensuring they ate, that both households and land holdings were maintained, hers as well as Witon's.
On particular occasions—more than one—she accompanied them, to the few—too few—cities where the female of the species stood on equal ground with the male.
To the Faerie Dell she led them, though she could have easily left them behind, so unneeded were they. She spoke with the resplendent Faerie Queen quietly, yet a conversation so full and quick, the males present felt like unn
