Chapter 102: Breaking a rule.

Chapter 102: Breaking a rule.

Rhylent and Norwell were missing from the bed when Chasm woke the following day. He rolled around and inhaled their fading scent. After he got up, he checked the hammock in the garden doorway. When he didn't find Norwell, he checked his mind.

The alien and Norwell spoke to other Dagerstanteens in the alien court, and the topic appeared to be a severe matter of some kind. Even though the tone was solemn, Norwell and Rhylent were not unhappy or worried. Their minds were calm and clear, so Chasm decided that he would ask them later what they were doing.

Leaving the hammock, Chasm did what he always did in the mornings. He used the bathroom, ate, dressed, and by the time the Nebos was pulled back to produce Murry, Chasm was ready for the day. Since he would go with the humans today, he had even put on a shirt as Rhylent wanted.

As Murry entered Rhylent's rooms, Jazz followed with Peltratria behind them. Chasm remembered the young Dagerstanteen from the slave