A few months before… “You need to keep them covered,” Pearl said, smoothing the fresh warm grass over the large, green eggs in the barn a short distance from his parents’ house. “Will they be ables to breathe?” Jabir asked worriedly. “They should be fine, but I don’t know what your Grandpa Paul is going to say when he finds out you took some of the eggs from his ranch,” Pearl chuckled and bent to pick up the chubby little boy. “He would tells me I’m a good hunter! Ruby will keeps them warm. She likes my new eggs,” Jabir giggled, watching the chicken settle on top of the mound. Tina and Viper had left Ruby at the mountain retreat while they enjoyed their time at the palace. Jabir reached up and wrapped his arms around Pearl’s neck. “Ruby promised me that she would take good care of my e