It’s real?”
“Green Destiny? Oh yes. It still exists, though it is hidden.”
The priest looked around. “Here?”
Shulien laughed. “No. Far away.” Safe in the capital, she thought. With Duke Te.
The priest was about to ask another question when a young girl with a large head came around the corner. Her face was almost as wide as her hips. She was an odd-looking child, self-important, bossy. “Da,” she said, picking her nose as she waited for her father’s attention. “Da! Ma’s constipated.”