Chapter 13 Diaper Duty

The chilling silence in the heartstone cavern stretched, thick and uncomfortable, like the morning after a truly terrible party. Elara stared down at Goldie, whose tiny crimson eyes blinked innocently up at her. The miniature claws had retracted, his smile now a more typical, if slightly unsettling, baby gurgle.

"So," Elara said, her voice flat, br