Chapter 49

"What are you suggesting we do?" Leo asks, the tension rising in the air as I take in a deep breath. I know what I will say next will hurt him. "If we have a child, we should give it to Keva and her people once it is born." "I am not going to just throw my child into the arms of the elves without knowing it or holding it," Leo snaps, rising to his feet as he is disgusted by my suggestion.  "No, I am not saying we abandon it once it is born," I defend. "We should make a deal with the elves. We make a deal in which Keva and her kin will take our child in from it's birth, but we are allowed to stay with the elves for more time than they would originally give us. We could stay there for at least a few years and watch our child grow before we have to leave for our safety and our child's."  "We would never see our child grow up." "We would always be able to stop by every couple of years I bet," I point out, "The elves would not