"Raschen!" Taryn's voice snapped in the air. " Make the ground shake but do not destroy them. When we are far enough, cause a chasm in the Earth, between us, so great and so long that there is no going across or getting around. We will go West, over the mountains. For now, we can put enough distance between us and them, the babies can stay hidden until they are older, stronger. Maybe we can outrun prejudice. Today is not a day for death. I do not want the twins to remember their birthday as one filled with blood."<br/><br/>She stepped from the van, looking wan but regal.<br/>"We need a golem, love."<br/><br/>Dust and debris filled the sky where Home sat. Raschen's scars were glowing as he set waves of his power toward them. His arms and shoulders were quivering as if pushing a great weight. The beaded braids swung as if he were moving in a slow dance, clicking like castanets.<br/><br/>Jax took her arm and began to propel her toward the West,<br/>"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."<br/><br/>Lily joined them, shrugging into a backpack,<br/>"Why in the name of the Mother did you go toward's Home to bury the sheets and afterbirth? Jax, that was reckless and stupid." she said, coldly.<br/><br/>"I hoped a few things, Mistress of Battle Strategy. One, I hoped to send the dogs on a false trail and Two, I was gathering intel, like the fact the head hunters are headed out in the morning. Seems like Loz came to them with his version of the story. They are not as ignorant as we hoped. Little bastard. It wasn't enough for him to stir up the fire in Kuguar, he now has to do it in Home. I guess it makes him a hero. Now the priestess will have to make him Sheriff. Mother help the Warren. Now come on, Woman,"<br/><br/>The three of them hurried West. Taryn wished Raschen would catch up. She wasn't sure how long she could march along. She could feel  padding between her legs growing heavy with a normal blood discharge. But march she would, at double time.