Chapter 27 Summary

Time passes, and Uba becomes a woman. After her period of isolation during her woman's curse, she is mated to Vorn, as is Borg to Ona. Ayla begins to take Durc with her when she goes hunting. She loves to play with her baby and hear the sounds that she used to make, before she learned it was against Clan ways. One day she begins to ponder Iza's warning that she must leave the Clan to find the Others, before Broud becomes leader. She quickly pushes the thought out of her mind, but now that she has remembered it, she can't quite forget.

Ayla is restless. She focuses her intense energy on Creb, who is getting old, as is Brun. One day, Brun lets the other men go out hunting by themselves, and Ayla realizes with a shock just how much Brun has...