*

Joel flitted above me as I walked under the waterfall and the pool back into the forest. “What do you think of the Leader?” he asked once I’d shaken myself out to dry my fur.

“He’s the best.”

“Isn’t he? He loves being the Leader, but when his time is over, he’ll retire.”

“And there will be a new Leader?” I didn’t like that at all. I didn’t understand why someone who had so much power, who was loved and followed by so many, would retire and leave everyone to get used to someone else leading them.

“Yes. Hopefully, the Heir will come back before that time.”

“But you’ve never met the Heir, have you? By the time you told me the Story, he’d already disappeared.&rdq...

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