Chapter 22:- Too much to ask
They both took a second to peer at her uncovered leg, then looked up. For an instant, their eyes met. The bright blue of the woman’s quizzical gaze startled Mara, causing her to step back and avert her own eyes, ashamed of their coal coloring. The woman bit her lip. “Would it be too much to ask….” Mara looked back up at her. She pointed to the ground at Mara’s feet. “My seeds. I can’t reach them.” Mara was taken aback. The seeds would be easy enough to reach, but the shock of being spoken to so informally rattled her.