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RIGHT now, the Twins and their cousins are at the walled garden of the Crones.
Like a bird, Rosa hops along the high limbs of a tree, plucking apples, not even needing to hold on to any branches for support.
How does she do that? her twin wonders.
Emilio is on the wall, acting as lookout. So he looks out, and he sees their little brother running toward them, screaming.
“There you are!” Dino shouts. “You have to come home! Momma’s having the baby! Momma’s having the baby! ”
“I knew it!” Rosa says. “That’s why we found that feather!”
This morning, a Janara left a raven’s feather on the windowsill—a sign the birth was coming.
“What do you mean, you knew it?” Emilio says. “ I was the one who told you what it meant!”
“Forget all that, guys!” Dino says. “Just COME ON!”
