Linera forgot one thing: this was fox territory. Lady Cadelaria outranked her by many positions. Sienna knew this, so she pulled her aunt back. "I have touched their money, so they have something to say, of course. Let them come. All they will do is tickle my ears with their words." She undid the straps of the baby carrier and transferred Ali from her back to her chest.
She had been so busy that she hardly noticed her daughter had changed from human cub form to fox cub form. But, the breathing mask was still on her face, and she was sleeping. Her fever had gone down. In a day or two, she would be back to bouncing and eating. "Timothy, I think I am ready for that chair now."
Hardly had she finished the words when a chair was slid behind her, pillows were thrown on it and fox guards started hammering an open tent in place, around her. Sienna smiled. They had been anticipating this already.
